The Archive · 1939

Outrages Continue At Barriers

Officer Turned Back; Two More Strippings Tientsin, June 24.

The first case of a British officer being refused permission to pass through the Japanese barriers occurred today.

Although the British military authorities decline to give any confirm motion, Reuter's correspondent learns from a reliable source that a. British officer in uniform who drove up in a military van, with a British soldier More Soviet Planes Shot Down Tokyo, June 24.

Sixty Soviet "planes again crossed the Manchoukuo border this morning, according to semi-official Japanese reports. Twelve planes are claimed to have been shot down by Jap—anese aircraft.—Reuter.

*'Earlier reports on these alleged air fights will be found on page 14. at the wheel, to the Asahi Road barr, leading to the Japanese Con-on this morning, was refused admission.

He was told, however. th: could "drive up in a rickshaw, that he would have to submit to a search before he could enter the Japanese Concession. The officer declined to comply with these terms.

For the third day in succession, Mr. Cecil G. Davis, general merchant and honorary agent for New Zealand, was involved "with the Japanese; this time, he" was forced io remain standing in a queue for seventy minutes beneath a scorching sun,

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