HUNGJAO MURDER

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 11 August 1937, Page 9

HUNGJAO MURDER

JAPANESE CLAIMS. “VICTIM WAS UNARMED.” DENIED BY CHINESE. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received August li, 11.15 a.m. SHANGHAI, Aug. 10. The Japanese version of the Hungjao aerodrome murder is that Lieutenant Isao Ohyama was being driven along Monument Itoad when the Chinese Peace Preservation Corps shot him dead, firing from two sides. The fate of the driver, a seaman, Yoao Saito, is unknown. The Chinese alleged that Lieutenant Ohyama defied the prohibition to enter the aerodrome and shot down the sentry, after which the Chinese fired in self-defence, but this is untrue. A Tokio message says that the Ohyama case swamps all other news. The Navy Office declares that he was unarmed and that Saito’s revolver was slung behind him while driving. It is admitted that a dead Chinese soldier was found adjacent, but it is alleged that the Chinese placed him there to substantiate their assertion that Oh* yama shot the sentry. SERIOUS VIEW TAKEN. TOKIO, Aug. 10. The Japanese Admiralty takes a serious view of the Hungjao incident and is- thoroughly investigating besides taking adequate measures to deal with tho situation arising therefrom. Chinese sentries at the Hungjao aerodrome tired on a car containing Japanese officers who refused, to step when challenged. One was killed.