Show u. II S. S PROTESTS JAPANESE JAB P. P PEEPING June 25 Protest P-Protest m against the tho rude rough treatment of American citizens during a a. military mill mili- tary display Tuesday was lodged with the Japanese embassy today by Nelson T T. Johnson United State ambassador to China The Tho protest was made on instructions from Washington Tho The Japanese embassy replied I It would submit the complaint to the Japanese commandant and make a formal answer later The American involved was Captain Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Henry S. S Jernigan attached to the tho United States embassy as a language student He was reported to have pushed aside a Japanese bayonet to avoid being injured An American woman was reported threatened with a sword by a Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese Dese officer to force her from the pavement on a leg legation tion street Tho The French embassy made representations representations rep rep- concerning the unceremonious unceremonious montous handling o of the wife wIte and child of an officer attached to the French embassy Tension between the Chinese and Japanese has become so acute that 1 foreign observers feared a serious Incident might take place at any anytime anytime time to provokes provoke further Japanese military increases in north China |