Tientsin, June 2, a surprise attack "upon the Selnoen, a farm under joint Sino~ Japanese management at Tungiu near here, a Chinese mob at 1 o'clock this: morning set fire to four buildings, an emergency call for assistance received by the Japanese Consulate-General here early this morning said.
'A Japanese flag, hoisted on a farm building, was torn off and trampled upon by the Chinese assailants, according to. the report, Japanese Consular police and gendarmes left for the scene of the alleged attack at @ oclock this morning to investlulldings, used as living quarters, were set' on fire and were burning still at 8 o'clock this morning, frag mentary reports received in Tientsin said, One Japanese form hand was said to have been accidentially injured while attempting to save furniture from the blazing structures, Forty tins of kerosene, stored in the warehouse, added to the conflagration.
Twenty to thirty Chinese took part in the reported attack, which followed on the heels of a Japanese Consular protest to the Tientsin hsien authorities against the threatening tactics employed against the Chinese employees of the farm.
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