OCR Text |
Show Story of Jap Sentry Who Killed Lancidon Admitted False MANILA. P. r. Jan. 29. Admiral Alberi Gl eaves, bomrnander in rhief of the American Asiatic fleet, returned to Manila today from Vladivostok aboard the United Btates ilestroyer 151-llott 151-llott with the body of Lieutenant Warren War-ren -H. Langdon, who was killed at Vla'lvontnk bv a .Japanese sentry The body will be shipped to the United States n board a transport Admlra' (Heaves, who went to Vlad tvostok with n navel court of Inquiry, spent thirty-six hours in the city He said he b.id : long, pleasant call from General OI Japanese commander, ond frotn the Japanese consul general. SKN TRY'S STOKV lATItl E. TOKI. Jan. 29. (By the Associated Associat-ed Press I Official Inquiry' has shown the story first told ly the sentry who killed Lieutenant V H. Langdon. at Vladivostok, was untrue. siy.t the AxhIiI Sblmpun of Osaka which quotes Consul Kikuchl of the army political department. He, it Is said, has declared de-clared tn sentry' cancelled his statement) state-ment) The investigation was not Influenced In-fluenced by political considerations, lt is asserted. IPOLOGV TO AMI .Kit "The fact lhal Admiral Albert ("leaves of the American Asiatic fleet b-rt Vladivostok aft. r a day's stay." the paper says, "shows he recognized the sincere nid upright altitude of the tm-n conducting ihe Inquiry." Reports published ly the Yomi Oli Shlmhun here that the sentry had been found guilty and that Japan would apologize to the Culled States for his fiction, has not been confirmed. The American conrul at Vladivostok has published an announcement that the United S'.ites had not asked any government to I n 1 assist uico In protecting pro-tecting lives and property of Americans Ameri-cans In Siberia and that ho was not aware ah) government had made any such request. , |