Evening star., 1932-02-13
LAP PANESE GUARDS
ATTACK AMERICANS
Beating of Vice Consul and
Woman Is Reported-StrOng
Protest Made.
By Cable to The Sta.

BY Cable to The Star.
SHANGHAI, February BE. S.
Cunningham, American consul general
here, has lodged a strong protest with
the japanese consul general, it was
disclosed tonight, as a result of an
incident that occurred last Wednesday,
when six "ronin," or Japanese plain
clothes men, attacked and severely beat
the American vice consul, Arthur
RingWalt, and Mrs. L. Young, an
American citizen.
The incident is similar to the assault
on Culver Chamberlain, American
consul at Mukden, by Japanese soldiers
on January 3.
Mrs Young, under the protection of
MI Ringwalt was attempting to rescue
her daughter Elizabeth from the Young
home, in Barchet street, road in the
international Settlement traversing the
Hongkew and Chapel districts.
Appeal Made for Escort
Mr.. Ringwalt had been assigned to
assist in the evacuation OF American
residents from the endangered areas Of
the settlement as a result of the war
fare between Chinese and japanese
forces On Wednesday morning Mrs.
Young, who is a Chinese born Amer
Jean. appealed to the American consul
lar authorities to furnish an official es-
cort to enable her to return to her
home on Barchet street. The home is
two blocks south of the Range road,
and the trip was somewhat hazardous
owing to the militant and alleged illegal
policing of the district by armed Jap
anese civilian guards and Japanese
troops that had occupied. Eastern
Chapel
The consulate general deputized Mr.
RingWalt to accompany Mrs. Young as
far as her home in an effort to rescue
the child, who had been marooned there
since the siege of Shanghai began. and
to take out a few valuableS
When Mrs. Young and Mr.. RingWalt
reached the corner of North SZechuen
road and Barchet street" according to
a report made to the American consul
late. "a gang of six japanese ReserVlsts,
part of the japanese defense corps,
stopped them and refused to permit
them to proceed. Mr.. Ringwalt pro-
duced a diplomatic passport written in
japanese and International Settlement
passes fully establishing his identity.
/ The japanese ReservistS reluctantly
dllGNGu luc pAIi W plO~CCu buG SSIIt
along two 'ronin' as an escort.
Second Party Emerges.
When the vice consul had advanced
few hundred yards, second party
OF half a dozen armed reservists sud-
denly emerged from an alley and
pounccd upon Mrs Young. They slap
PED ard kicked her and attempted to
make Of with her. while MI Ring
wall voiced protests in vain. When he
attempted physically to interfere, the
mob turned upon him viciCusly One
man administered several blows on his
boiv with an iron pipe, and another
used his saber hilt. Mr.. RingWalt went
down under a rain CT blows, while
Mrs Young also suffered from the
wrath of the ronin.' TIE pair finally
c-caLel sn6 fl2d back toward the SET
! tlom~rt badly battered. Mrs. YOung's
daUgnter Elizabeth is still unreScued.' -
The attack upon Mrs. Young is be-
! lioved to have been due to the inability
OF the japanese to believe she was an
American citizen, while her features
: were obviously Chinese. The American
protest has not vet been answered by
! the japanese consul general.
| (Copyrieht. 1922