Consul-General, it is' understood, is making a very' strong protest on ties. 5 the subject to the Japanese authorl~
Fire was aimed in the direction of the British Bund and it is extraordinary that no further damage was done by a possible ricochet bullet, as there are usually many Chinese and some foreigners on the Bund seeking relief from the suffocating heat, while a block further away is. Tientsin's "main thoroughfare, Victoria Road, with its tall buildings containing offices and flats, An armed Chinese last night board ed and robbed a British-owned tugboat and lighter which were at anchor several miles down-river from Tientsin. 'The tug-boat and, Ughter, going up-river from Tangicu, had "anchored at the fourth cut to await the morning tide before proceeding to the DAC: K. wharf for examination, While" at anchor, the lighter was' boarded by an armed Chinese, who cut the tarp: opened the hatch and made with several bogs of flour—Reuter.
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