An issue which is engaging more and more the attention of the foreign community is the continued detention of Mr. G. A. Smith, the Briton who was arrested by the Japanese on Saturday following an argument with a Chinese policeman.
The circumstances of Mr. Smith's arrest still are not clear. He is still in the hands of the Japanese Gendarmerie, who refuse to hand him over to the British authorities Questioned yesterday regarding Mr. Smith's continued detention, Mr. E.
G. Jamieson, the British Consul-
General, stated he had lodged further representations, advising the Japanese Consul-General that unless Mr. Smith were handed over during the day, the matter would cease to be a local issue.
No reply had been received by last evening In connection with the charging of the live-wire current around the Concessions, the only casualty reported so far is a stray dog, the 5,000 volt current making short shrift of the unfortunate creature.—Reuter.
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