Tientsin, Feb. 5.
Three truckloads of foodstuffs entered the British Concession this morning. Two more are expected this afternoon. It is understood that no difficulties were experienced at the barriers.
Five truckloads of foodstuffs are now -expected to enter the British Concession daily, now that the scheme, agreed upon between the British' authorities and the Japanese authorities, has' started to operate.
The food situation here became extremely acute following the re-electrification of the wires around the foreign areas and the tightening-up of barrier restrictions. Exhorbitant prices were demanded for the little foodstuffs available.
The British Consul-General, Mr. Oswald White, took up the matter with the Japanese authorities and succeeded in persuading them to allow five truckloads of foodstuffs to enter the British Concession daily.—Reuter.
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