The Japanese report added that a vigorous protest had been lodged at ihe British Consulate-General in connection with the landing of the sailors which, it was stated, had been carried out without Japanese assent.
The report went on to state Lieut.-Col. Naokata Utsunomiya, Hai son Officer for the Japanese Expeditionary Force to Central China, proceeded to Pootung yesterday morning, accompanied by a staff officer from the Japanese forces in the Shanghai area, to witness the withdrawal of the sailors.
The British authorities on Tuesday, it continued, requested the Japanese Consulate-General to arrange for the despatch of a force of policemen fron the Shanghai Special Municipality to patrol the Pai Lien King Creek works, rud they had been referred to the Shanghai Municipal authorities, who, the Japanese had pointed out. had sole jurisdiction in the area. British bluejackets were subsequently lended with Japanese consent in Japanese-controlled areas, the report added.
As the Japanese Consular authorities in Shanghai filed a vigorous protest yesterday morning, a' Japanese army detachment closed in upon the British mill Machine gun positions were understood fo have been set un by the Japanese, the report continued.
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