Show I I I. I I r C y r S CAUSED cAi BY ROUGH t TREATMENT GiVEN t YANKEES VMS AT I Forcibly Enter Consulate It Is Asserted Assert Assert- ed and Assault Consul Whose Injuries Are Said to Be Serious F Feeling eling Running High and United States Government Officials Are Greatly Disturbed by the Reports By Associated Press I WASHINGTON March A clash between American i aps ps a Japanese policeman and some civilians at was wasted ted to the state department today by Minister at awn The minister said he had sent First Secretary Spencer to ton n sin in to investigate and report INo mention was made of a raid by American marines in the anese consulate and the wounding of the consul reported in clop dispatch to the Associated Press The ministers minister's message 3 Brief rief and gave no In the absence of complete information officials were not will will- i to discuss the incident for publication Privately however it its s said id if the Japanese consul had been bee violated of course the ty would be punished and a proper be made to toan toti an ti The Japanese consulate is located in the saloon and aurant rant section of and brawls there in the past are said have e been not infrequent By Associated d Press h PEKIN March 14 American merican marines have haye raided the Jape Jap- Jap 1 e at forcing their way into the Japanese I 5 sla Ia and a assaulting fife consul l n. n ai cording ord ngi to HV rived d here 1 lie trouble is said to have been caused by the rough treat treat- I I 1 given American soldiers who became disorderly in the Jape Jap- Jap lie e larter of the city Japanese soldiers drove out the A Amen neri- neri i I with fixed bayonets it is said wounding two two of them seri seri- i The next day angry marines who were off duty ded through the Japanese concession and it is alleged they I ck eked a every Japanese encountered When the marInes reached consulate they forcibly entered it it is reported ana assaulted j I understood to be serious injuries are rf e consular body is deliberating on measures to be taken I Ies Ies es ore re normal conditions It is said that that feeling IS running a ASHINGTON March emment ls were great great- today by the news l 1 ekin that American ma- ma aided the Japanese conat cont con con- at t and seriously ed the consul No official m oration tion had been received b ble by the state ate department 1 le J Japanese embassy embassy but buties ies there re not sent as it was le led that reports already i 1 the cables department officials eq ed that marines were i V ill cl-ill i l. l the the raid as rep reported I f 1 no marines mannes are stationed i and the entire conat con con- n at Pekin three or four ride away numbers only hundred Only the pres pres- of a number of American i m port of which the dent de de- ent nt has not been advised account for so many mab ma- ma b being ing ashore and off duty e. e American mer can force stationed is the Fifteenth regi reg- reg n antry regiment which has here nere for several years and andis i is s composed entirely of n soldiers |