It appears that the victim, in company with other Japanese, was walking on Garden Bridge when the incident occurred, What started it was not known yesterday, but the man, "who is an employee of the Chinese Maritime Customs, sustained a slight cut in the ear.
The incident was temporarily set-tied with the arrival of Captain W. M. Awad and Japanese officials on the scene, The injured man was able to proceed home after first aid was given him on the spot. The squabble was stopped by the coming of members of the American Company, Settlement Police and Japanese sentries, who separated the two men, The volunteer was not being detained, it was learned, and was performing his duties at the Garden Bridge yesterday, pending investigations inia the case,
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