She finally had her underwear forcibly stripped off, and remained in her corselette, under which the female searcher placed her hands. The ordeal wound up with a more intimate inspection by the female searcher, whereupon she was permitted to dress and leave the hut.
The Japanese sentry was present throughout the inspection as an interested spectator, while the door separating the inner and outer rooms remained wide open, exposing Mrs. Finlay to the view of both foreigners and Chinese who passed through.
Emerging from the hut, Mrs. Finlay found her husband in the open with only a short singlet on. His clothes were strewn about the ground, where they had been thrown. after him by the searcher.
Mr, Finlay is caretaker of the Chartered Bank, and has always assisted Mrs, Finlay in her work at the Country Club. Mrs, Finlay is German. Mr. Finlay met and married her while he was with the British troops in Germany.
Owing to the indignities inflicted upon Britons, only those whose duty demand it, venture across the barriers. There are a number of British employees in the Yee Tsoong Tobacce Company, whose offices are outside the Concession in the ex-
Russian Concession, but they are living outside the foreign area and do not venture in,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.