"Major Asano in order to report {the occurrence to his superiors and to request that the mis laid driver's licence be brought from the Press Bureau, again sought to alight and [proceed on foot to a neighbouring Japanese military: post on Garden Bridge. He was again prevented from [doing so by a British soldier who Jmenacingly pointed his bayonet at Major Asano, while another pointed fa revolver at the driver and seized the Keys to the car.
"At about this time, two to three Japanese gendarmes "and consular policemen, who saw something was Jamiss from their post in the middle jof Garden Bridge, arrived on the [scene to investigate the occurrence. [One British soldier, thereupon, push-led back a Japanese gendarme, while two to three other British soldiers flooded their rifles. The gendarmes, to prevent any untoward incident,
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