Tokyo, July 14.
FORCE of 500 Japanese police averted a possible serious incident this afternoon when they prevented 5,000 excited '@émonstrators of a group of 15,000 from crashing through the gates of the British Embassy after 50,000 Japanese had earlier massed by Hibiya Park in a monster anti-British meeting, one of many staged throughout Japan, Lining five deep, the 500 Tokyo gendarmes heroically stemmed the tide of surging Japanese demonstrators who were in an ugly mood and were apparently intent on seriously damaging the British Embassy.
Although the police prevented the demonstrators from crashing the gates and entering the British Embassy grounds, they appeared powerless to stop the Japanese from hurling missiles and banners bearing anti-British slogans into the British Embassy compound.
With the situation growing, more dangerous as the demonstrators threatened violence if they were not permitted entry, the police decided that {0 avoid' possible "bloodshed they would allow a delegation. of the demonstrators to enter the Em-
'A. delegation was" then chosen from the leaders of the' demonstra~ tors, The men. were allowed to enter the grounds in an orderly manner. 'They immediately present~ ed. their denunciatory " documents ftnd_ the resolutions of the. demon strators'and hen' left. The crowd of. fifteen thousand demonstrators Jammed the sireers before the Brit-{ah Embassy on the eve of the open {ng of the Anglo-Sopanese talks on British Blamed for Amoy Deadlock Tokyo, July 13, British interference caused the Kulangsu Municipal Council to reject the Japanese demands for various reforms in the administration of the Amoy International Settlement, including the appointment of a Japanese the police chief, Japanese reports from Amoy charged today.
Negotiations between Japanese and foreign members on the situation collapsed late on Tuesday night after a hilter three-hour debate, the reports said, Failure to reach a conclusion was
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