JAP KILLS AMERICAN.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1921, Page 5

JAP KILLS AMERICAN.

1 DELIBERATE ACT NOTE FROM AMERICA. By Telegraph.-—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 19, 12.20 a.m. Washington Jan. 17. According to information received from Vladivostok, Japanese soldiers have, since the shooting of Lieutenant LangUon (an officer on the American cruiser Albany), stopped two American uniformed seamen. The State Department has received official advices that a Japanese Board of Investigation has established the fact that the sentry who killed Lieutenant Langdon left his post in order to molest the lieutenant, who was proceeding up the street in an orderly manner.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Jan. 19, 12.20 a.m. Tokio, Jan. 17. The Government has not yet published the text of the American Note protesting against the shooting of Lieutenant Langdon. The belief is expressed that Washington has not only asked for reparation, with guarantees removing the probability of similar incidents in future, but also has again pointed out to Japan the wisdom of reducing her forces, if not entirely withdrawing them, -from Siberia, where she possesses no soyereign rights. A division of opinion exists in Government circles concerning the Siberian problem. The leaders of the military party insist that Japanese troops should remain while the peace party is seeking means of abandoning the venture, which, it is" declared, is ruinously expensive, and is without hope of compensation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Lieutenant Langdon was shot dead by a Japanese sentinel at Vladivostock on January 11.