Mr. Tanaka said the attitude of British authorities at Tientsin had undergone no change since the Japanese isolation measures were imposed on June 14, He added that ihe French authorities there "sympathetically understood" the Japanese stand, Referring to the case of Mr. George Smith, the Briton detained for several days after allegedly striking 'a Chinese policeman at a searching barrier, Mr. Tanaka said this episode and similar ones were not the major issues at Tientsin. The British authorities had ordered Mr. Smith to leave the city, Mr. Tanaka stated.
The Root cause of the whole trouble, he declared, consisted of the "pro-Chiang Kai-shek and Japanese policy of Britain.
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