M. Flandin, former Premier, in the course of the debate declared that the Stresa Agreement was accompanied by military agreements with Italy, which guaranteed France against the occupation of the Rhineland.
Wild cheers and counter-cheers punctuated M. Flandin's speech in Which he said that the peace of the Versailles Treaty was moribund. He supported the contention of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, that the League of Nations, as it was presently run, was inept.
Luckily at this point, when the situation looked extremely ugly, the two Chinese policemen ran up, and asked the two men for their passes. The passes. were handed to the Japanese soldier, The soldier did not glance at them, but threw them on the ground. He then turned his attention upon Mr. Tiefenbacher, and attempted to strike him with his dagger. The two Chinese came to the rescue, and, according to the "North-China Daily News" informant, saved a situation fraught with all kinds of unpleasant possibilities, Next the Japanese attempted to push Mr. Tiefenbacher's pony into the creek, but the pony backed and frustrated the attempt.
"The soldier," emphasized the "North-China Daily News" informant, "seemed to be crazy." The two men then tried to make the Japanese understand that Dr. Birt was the superintendent of the Paulun Hospital, and that they were both Germans, but the Japanese did not appear to understand anything. He continued to gesticulate wildly, and utter incoherent sounds, taken by the two men to be threats, presumably uttered in Japanese.
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