Col Thiebaut Protests to Japanese Authorities Changchun, May 6.
Denied entry into Manchoukuo, ostensibly because he did not possess a visa, Lieut-Col. Thiebaut, Military Attache to the French Embassy in Tokyo, was sent back to Tientsin from Shanhaikwan yesterday., Following his return to Tientsin, Lieut.- Col. Thiebaut filed a protest with the Japanese military authorities.
Lieut-Col Thiebaut was alleged to have sought to enter' Manchoukuo without the proper authorization on a train that arrived at Shanhaikwan from Tientsin at 3.08 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
"When informed of his lack of a visa, the French officer is alleged to have insisted upon proceeding on his journey. Mme. Thiebaut, who was accompanying her husband, was alleged to have slapped a military policeman in charge of examining Passports, The action of the French officer following his return to Tientsin was described here as unwarranted by angered Manchoukuo officials.—Domei, Soviet Parliament Called For May 25
Moscow, May 5.
The Supreme Council of the US. SR, namely, the Soviet Parliament, has been convoked for May 25—Reuter.
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