Tientsin, June 26.
Great concern is being caused here by further instances of the holding up of lorries leaving the British Concession to obtain foodstuffs for the British troops in Tientsin. Three more cases of such lorries being halted by the Japanese occurred today. These are considered particularly serious owing to the fact that the British military authorities are understood to have made it clear to the Japanese at the time when the proclamation regarding the blockade of the Concessions was issued that the stoppage of the food supply for the British forces would be considered tantamount to an act of war.
Meanwhile, a crop of the most con-fioting rumours regarding the probable future development of the blockade is now making the rounds among Chinese circles in Tientsin. Some state that the blockade will be more rigorously enforced after June 30, when, it is stated, only such Chinese as have special passes will be allowed through the barriers.
Others maintain that the restrictions will be considerably eased after that date, and claim that the blockade will then be placed in the hands of the Peiping Provisional Government. The Provisional Government, it is
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