Further' inquiries made of various other reliable sources, revealed that not one single instance was known of in which Chinese guerillas boarded British vessels, as contended in the Tokyo statement. The assertion therefore, that British officers had been threatened was said to be without foundation, On the contrary, it was reliably learned yesterday ihat Japanese military units frequently forced British-owned "vessels to give them free transportation. The last case of this kind to have been reported here took place about ten days ago, when a group of Japanese soldiers obliged the laodah of a British launch to stop near Tungchow and to transport them io the opposite bank of the river. The laodah is said to have received two cigarettes and a bar of chocolate for his trouble.
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