Tokyo, June 14.
PPOINTMENT of an international commission to weigh the issues involved in the Tientsin dispute, as proposed by the British authorities, would contribute nothing to a solution of the question, informed political observers here declared today.
The British proposal was regarded here as an attempt to delay the enforcement of Japanese measures to blockade the British and French Concessions.
Even if the British authority ies agreed at this late hour to hand over the alleged assassins of Mr. Cheng Shi-kang, Customs Commissioner, the question woul d not be entirely settled as the situation has reached such a stage that the custody of the four suspects is a subsidiary issue, observers declared.
British Tug Searched By Japanese Tientsin, June 14.
A tug, owned by the Taku Tug and Lighter Company, which steamed down river this morning, was stopped and thoroughly searched outside the borders of the British Concession. The same procedure was repeated a few minutes later at the on her return trip. were not molested. No other movements of foreign ships were reported today.—Reuter.
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