Eventually, a Russian and a Japanese detective arrived and took them to the station, where it was suggested they go to Kashing Road Station. Enquiries at the latter station, said Mr. Tyler, showed that J.P.C. 84, the officer in question, had gone off duty without making a report. He was called in and said that he had taken the three Britons to the Gendarmerie Headquarters because their permits did not have a Japanese military stamp. He said he had asked them to go but, according to Mr. Tyler, admitted drawing his pistol because he had heard that three Russian looters were on the premises.
Mx. Tyler said that he later understood from J.P.C. 84 that the reason why they were kept so long in the Gendarmerie Headquarters was due {o the fact that the gendarmes were all out celebrating Japanese Empire Day.
Mr. Tyler informed the "North-China Daily News" that he had written a letter in the form of a protest to the British Consul-General. He was unable to make the protest in person, as he had been out of work for some years and was unable to leave his present temporary position
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