Things wore in this state, when December 20 Mr. Konovaloff was ar-vested by the Chinese. police and lodged ina cell at a Chinese polleestation together with two Chinese eri-Tinals. "Here he was very harshly {reated. No charge of any kind was preferred against him. Indeed, even the Japanese military spokesman, when questioned about the affair by foreign pressmen, had to admit that he himself did not. know of any fen down to Tientsin by train jer an escort of Chinese police and White Russians. "His wife and daugh-Aer, and a foreign friend were allow. ed (0 accompany him. But when the Barry arrived at the Central Station Tientsin, Mr. Konovaloff was put in a ear and whisked away to an known destination, "Being Deported"
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