One Briton, Mr. Eric Mayell, movie cameraman who was aboard the United States gunboat Panay when it was sunk in the Yangtze in December, 1937, was arrested on the International Bridge for taking photographs.
At the close of the day he was still under detention, despite all efforts by the British authorities to obtain his release, The Japanese, however, released Major E. L, Law, who was detained yesterday for taking photographs of British Councillor Searched One of the first incidents to occur in connection with the blockade of the British and French Concessions at Tientsin took place early yesterday morning, when Mr. E. C. Peters, a member of the British Municipal Council and formerly chairman of that body, was stopped while returning from the Race Course. On showing his passport, Which naturally proclaimed him to be British, he was forced to line up with some coolies on the spot and was searched before he was allowed to proceed. a scene in the ex-Russian Concession, which the Japanese regard as a forbidden zone.
"Major Law was then bound ' for Dairen in a Japanese ship. He is now awaiting the next boat for Dairen, He was released' through ihe efforts of the British authorities, The Japanese have proclaimed martial law on the Hai River, on which Tientsin stands. All traffic is prohibited between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 am, The concessions were somewhat empty and quiet throughout the day, end the streets were strangely silent without the customary heavy traffic.
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