British authorities here denied Japanese reports circulated outside Tsingtao which alleged that Japanese bluejackets had dispersed the demon-strafers and that no British property had been damaged.
Damage to the British consulate was evident and eye-witnesses of the attacks on the British properties insisted there had been no attempt to control or disperse the mob except to prevent its entering the British consulate compound.
Foreign press reports of the outbreak were delayed by Japanese censors here for almost 24 hours before news of the incidents was permitted to be called abroad—United Press.
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