Japanese sentries on Garden Bridge asked to see the cholera inoculation passes of all Chinese crossing into Hongkew yesterday but foreigners were not interfered with.
Most Chinese had the necessary document ang those who did not hold one were politely requested to stand on the side until a Japanese military physician would arrive to give the required inoculations.
No incidents were reported from Garden Bridge in connection with the inspection of the certificates until a late hour last night and from observations made by a "North-China Daily News" reporter, who spent some hours on the bridge yesterday morning, the sentries and Consular policemen were not too strict. In at Yeast one instance, when the driver of a foreign-owned motor car was unable to produce the necessary certificate, the foreign passenger üghted, asked the Japanese pólice-man to kindly permit him to drive on, whereupon this permission was given although he chauffeur was requested to get inoculated as soon as possible.
Women: and children without passes were in the majority &nd by the expression on their faces did not relish the idea of having to submit to the inoculation, although most of them complied with the sentries" request to await the arrival of the doctor, only one or two preferring to return south of the Creek rather than to be inoculated.
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