Durhams Turn Out with Machine-guns to Stop Possible Attempt to Rush Barriers; Searches Of Residents Cause Annoyance in Tientsin HE situation in the foreign Tientsin, June 15.
Concessions showed no serious development today, the second day of the blockade which is being enforced by the Japanese.
The -highlights of today's events were An unsuccessful attempt by, agitators to incite a crowd of about 2,000 Chinese to rush the British Concession barriers The distribution of inflammatory literature by police of the former German Concession—now Japanese-controlled territory and The detention and search of several foreign vessels.
Meanwhile, the food situation appears to be deteriorating. The attempt to incite a Chinese crowd to rush the British Concession occurred this morning, when the Chinese, who had lined up for examination by Japanese patrols prior to entering the British Concession along Race Course Road for lawful purposes were harangued by agitators.
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