AMERICA AND JAPAN.
IUHTUALIAN AND N.Z. CAHI*K AHriOCIATION
THE Fi.AG INCIDENT TDK 10. -Inly 3
Arrested in connection with tlu- Hag incident is a youth, aged 22. nervously afflicted and evidently slightly deranged. lie was injured during the earthquake, since when he has resolved to do something heroic before he died. He joined the organisation formed to light the spread of Communism. I lider the Japanese law the incident was an insult to the Japanese .nation lor which the maximum penally is two years imprisonment. Tin: American Embassy has not decided what action it will take, lint the Japanese Foreign Ollice states the youth must serve a sentence in order to prevent others emulating his action. 11 is reported in official circles that the Americans view the incident calmly.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1924, Page 3
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129AMERICA AND JAPAN. Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1924, Page 3
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