G. Jamieson, has lodged a vigorous protest with the Japanese Consul-General against:
1. The searching of British subjects entering and leaving the British and French Concessions; 2. The refusal of the Japanese to allow certain British subjects, including two British soldiers in uniform, to leave the Concessions on Wednesday; and 3. The boarding, detention and searching of the British ship Kaitai, belonging to the Taku Tug and Lighter Company, by a mixed body of armed Japanese troops and Chinese police.
The Note requests immediate steps to ensure against a repetition of such incidents, and asks for an immediate reply "for the information of my Government, 0 whom the above facts have been reported." n connection with the searching of the Katai, the protest states that "no persons other than duly accredited Customs officers have the right to board British ships. Quite apart from this, I have to point out that if the Kaitai had been a larger vessel, or had been towing li a serious occident involving life might have occurred. "—Reuter
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