The Japanese did not know of their arrest until recently, despite the fact that it was made in February, and that in the house where they lived
found.
quantity of explosives ad been "This raised another question. The Japanese had requested the British Authorities to notify them of any arests of anti-japanese elements in the British "Concession. The Consul General, however, had informed him chiro) that this could not be since the matter was entirely one for the British Municipal Police in his jurisdiet pending questions in Tientsin, and following the recent visit of the British Military Attache to Tokyo to Tientsin the situation seemed to have improved somewhat—until the rejec~ tion of the current Japanese demand.
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