The British Consul-General, Mr.
Jamieson, has lodged energetic protasis with the Japanese In regard the stripping and searching of Britons "and the boarding of the British lighter, He has also again raised the que: tion of the continued detention of Mr. G. A. Smith, who has been tu Japanese hands nearly. a. week now The Japanese Consul-Generat has promised to five a reply some time today, The Soviet authorities have sts protested to the Japanese Const General against alleged indignities inflicted on Soviet citizens, According to an eye-witness, Soviet subjects, of whom there are a couple of hundred here, have been made to suffer shameful indignities en Soviet women, he says, have been made to strip for search, whicn ig done by women, but the nal examination, he alleges, is performed by a man:
The Yokohama Specie Bank an-ounce that they will resume opera-us with Importers and exporters fon the basis of 14 pence on condition that they carry no responsibility for any Joss suffered by merchants. connection with the existing sitution, The first incident yesterday occut~ red when three Britons—Mr. Cecil G.
Davis, seneral merchant and honor: ary agent for New Zealand, Mr. Ivor S. House, employed by' Liddell Brothers, and Mr, H. J. Lord, assistant secretary of the Tientsin Race Club~ Sought admission into the ex-German Concession through the Woodrow Wilson Street barrier.
Mr. Davis was allowed to pass without being particularly molested, but when Mr. House and Mr. Lord' presented themselves at the search hut they, were asked: "Are you Ent lish"
On receiving a reply In the aMirmative. they were immediately" pliced fon a matting right inthe middle. of the passage, where they were told The stripping was done in full view of Chinese women and children, who had to pass the hut to be examined.
Mr. House was stripped naked. while ate, Lord wae permitted to kee his BV.D's on. Their clothes were subjected to the closest scrutiny.
Mr, Lord was algo told to open mouth, "and when he did he ordered to open it wider. This he replied he could not, whereupon hi passport was thrust into Iie mouths fu effort to pry it open wider, Lord also had his hair ruled, Finally, both were. told to open their legs and had their crotch ex amined, after which they were per mitted "to leave.—The examination fed about t quarter of an hou other Outrage is that reliably learned ly another oura five British employ Burton (Australian), chief accountant, were attempting to pass the Inter national Bridge to their ofo, In the party were several Belgians who were allowed to pass unmolested, but all Britons were stripped to the waist, had their pockets examined, trid ordered 10 lower their trousers and take off their shoes berate being permitted to pro All five Britons' are held in the highest esteem in the local foreign
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