The Archive · 1939

German Plane Reported Shot Down

"Absolute Invention" Say The discussion centred on the tense situation in the Far East, and the recent developments occasioned by the frequent clashes on the Outer Mongolian frontier.

According to reliable information, the correspondent adds, the members of the Political Bureau advocated a Tientsin, June 28.

A German pig casing expert, Herr I. Ziegler, of Hamburg, was beaten by Japanese sentries en Saturday at the Woodrow Wilson Street barrier, it was revealed today after Herr Ludwig Fischer, manager of the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, said that his wife was one of the two German women who narrowly escaped from being searched at the same barrier.

The German community was highly indignant yesterday when it was learned that two German women were almost searched by Japanese-controlled Chinese policewoman at the Woodrow Wilson Street barrier yesterday.

The identities of the women were not revealed yesterday and the German Consul-General, Herr W. Stoller, announced that he had not heard of the incident.

After Herr Ziegler had been hit and knocked down he was dragged to a searching shack but he was released after announcing himself to be a Ger-

The relaxation in the searching of foreigners was clearly evident today and there was every belief that the Japanese sentries were adhering to the orders issued yesterday by Lieut.-Gen. Masaharu Homma, Commander of the Japanese Garrison here.

In keeping with the Japanese policy of maintaining as friendly relations as possible with the American authorities here, Gen, Homma and Lieut-Col. William C. Hawthrone, Commander of the U.S. Marines here, exchanged courtesy calls today.

When Col. Hawthrore called on Gen. Homma, the Japanese garrison Commander assured him that the Japanese would take every precaution to protect American interests and nationals in Tientsin.

The Japanese Garrison Commander requested Col. Hawthrene to report to him of any difficulties experienced by Americans, promising to have the cause "immediately rectified."

Later, Gen. Homma, escorted by a truck-load of bodyguards, returned Col. Hawthrone's visit—United Press, Nazi Officials Warsaw, June 28.

Polish coastal anti-aircraft batteries yesterday shot down a German military plane on the Hela Peninsula thirty miles from Danzig, unconfirmed reports said here last night.

Official quarters refused to confirm or deny the reports. The press said the plane had been shot down because it few over Polish fortifications and filed to depart after being warned with a salvo from the anti-aircraft battery.

The plane was said to have plunged into the sea. The crew of the German plane was believed to have been rescued by a German merchant ship.—United Press.

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