The Archive · 1939

Trouble with British Ship

Tokyo, June 24.

Trouble occurred yesterday between the Japanese authorities and a British destroyer, according to the Swatow correspondent of the "Nichi Nichi Shimbun."

The correspondent states that the British. destroyer escorting the ish steamer Tsinan, entered Swaind anchored there at 1 p.m, yes without notifying the Japanese authorities beforehand."

This, it is alleged by the Japanese correspondent, "enraged the Japanese authorities on the spot, who set up barricades in front of the British steamer, thus isolating the pier; at the same time demanding that the Br vessels leave Swatow, where military Operations are still in ppogress."—Reuter

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