The following communique issued yesterday afternoon by the Intelligence Office of the Shanghai Defence Force speaks for itself:—"As was stated last night, a British aeroplane made a forced landing on the International Race Course yesterday morning. A small armed party which was sent out to retrieve the aeroplane succeded in bringing in the engine and fuselage, but before the wings could be brought away a party Jof Chinese troops intervened and vFevented their rem¢ "His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General subsequently requested the Chinese Commissioner for Foreign Affairs to take such steps fas were necessAry to enable the wings to be withdrawn, but met with categorical refusal on the part of the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, "The General Officer Commanding the Norta China Command thereupon requested the Cons General to inform thie Commis. sioner for Foreign Affairs that if the necessary instractions removal of the wings were not issued by 11 a.m, on Wednesday, August 17, be would take such action as he considered appropriate._
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