A call was paid on Major-General A. P. D. Telfer-Smollett by Mr. Herbert Phillips, H.M. Consul-General in Shanghai and by Admiral Sir Charles Little, on Sunday, in which sympathy was expressed at the death of Rifleman McGowan. Yesterday, Admiral Yarnell called on Major-General Telfer-Smollett to convey his sympathy on the death of the British soldier.
The incident, it was learned yesterday, will not be dealt with locally. It has been referred by Admiral Little to the Home government authorities, who will decide upon the appropriate steps to be taken. A note was sent Mr. S. Okamoto by Mr. Phillips yesterday expressing concern at the attack upon British civilians riding on Keswick Road, and asking that measures be taken to prevent a recurrence of such an incident.
The British military authorities yesterday notified the Japanese authorities that in future any Japanese plane attacking a British post will be fired on. Anti-aircraft gun mountings were yesterday issued to British units in the Keswick Road
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