Tientsin, June 16.
Mr. Shigenobu Shima, Japanese Consul here, today rejected a telephoned protest by Mr. E. G. Jamieson, British Consul-General, complaining against the measures taken by the Japanese authorities to solate" the British Concession, it was disclosed this evening.
Mr. Shima informed the British Consul-General that the measures adopted against persons entering or leaving the Concession were the "expression of the determined Japanese will" The British authorities had been given ample warning of what would happen if they did not comply with Japanese demands. Their recriminations now that the Japanese authorities had resorted to steps of their own were "out of place." Mr. Shima was reliably understood to have told Mr. Jamieson.
Moreover, Mr. Shima was said to have pointed out, fresh vegetables and meat were being allowed to enter the Concession after they had been inspected. Their transportation was not being prevented, he was understood to have assured the British Consul-General Mr. Jamieson, it was further revealed, had asked if he could take Mr, Shima's reply as "official." He was given an answer in the affirmative. it was learned—Domei.
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