Evening star., 1932-01-04
Will Treat With Toxic Direct
if Full Satisfaction Is
Not Granted.
MUKDEN INVESTIGATORS
MAKE SEVERAL ARRESTS
Chamberlain Beaten by japanese
Soldiers in Official Auto.
Face Badly Cut.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Unless the Japanese government gives
full and immediate satisfaction to the
American Government for the unwar-
ranted assault on Consul Culver B.
Chamberlain by japanese military pa
troll the incident may take very serious
turn. Should a satisfactory reply not
be forthcoming, the State Department
is expected to take the matter up direct
with Toxic through Ambassador Cam
eron Forbes. Secretary Stimson is
studying the case at Woodley, where all
the dispatches received this morning by
the State Department were taken to
him
In the meantime Consul General Myrl
Myers has taken the case up with the
japanese consul general at Mukden,
while Nelson Johnson, the American
Minister at Peiping, has lodged an Off
cial protest with the japanese charge
d'affaires in that city.
Consul General Myers informed the
State Department today that on his
own initiative he had demanded that
severe penalty" be meted out by the
Japanese authorities for the "unjusti-
fed" attack on Consul Chamberlain.
The American consul general sent a
fairly detailed report of the incident
through the American Minister at Peip-
ing.
Flag Displayed on Car.
According to Myers report, Chamber
lain was on his way to the station to go
to his new assignment at Harbin. He
intended to take the $50 am. train
and had been driven to the station in
the consul generals car, which dis
PLAYED prominently the American coat
of arms and the American flag.
The car was stopped by three Japa-
nese soldiers on patrol duty on the
street leading to the railway station.
Chamberlain identified himself by card
and passport. The soldiers looked at
his papers, after which they attacked
him, without justification, striking him
in the face many times" Chamber
lain's face was badly bruised, but he
''otherwise was uniniured."
Minister johnson has requested
Myers to forward to him Immediately
the results of his representations to the
japanese authorities and to report the
results of their investigation and pen
atty for the incident.
1t was reported at Mukden today that
several arrests had been made there in
conRection with the assault.
Usual Excuse Cannot Apply.
The Japanese government is conse-
uuently directly responsible for the &C
ton of its representatives, which in this
case were soldiers of street patrol
The japanese Army is known through
out the world as being well organized
and splendidly disciplined body. Con-
sequently the usual excuse Of some sol
diers having gotten out Of hand cannot
apply in the present case. The soldiers
were on an official duty and the Japa-
nese government is directly responsible
for their behavior.
It is likely the investigation should
be longer than it might be expected.
The reason is that the American con-
sui general is not in position to pro-
test to the Japanese commander in
chief directly. Diplomatic routine re-
quireS the American representative to
protest to the japanese diplomatic rep
reSentative, since Mukden is still con-
sidered as a Chinese city. The Japa-
nese diplomatic representative. in turn,
has no direct official connection with
the commanding officer of the Japa-
nese corps Of occupation He is COM
PEELED to refer the protest Of his Amer
ican colleague to the Toxic foreign
Office, which in turn must take the
matter up with the japanese ministry
o. war.
The minister of war will have to in
struct the chief of staff to ask for
report Of the case from the command
ing officer at Mukden and will forward
the report to the foreign Office to Toxic.
An explanation will then be given to
the American Government through the
American Ambassador at Toxic This
explanation will, it is hoped be fol-
lowed by apologies and punishment of
the culDritS