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Mr. Tipper stated that the Council during the present year, had not imposed such a ban and had never, in any way, prevented or obstructed persons desiring to transport supplies, In support of his statement, Mr. Tipper produced available returns showing that during the rst day of the blockade, 10,000 bags of flour and 78 bags of rice had been removed from the Concession. On June 15, he said, 17000 bags of flour and 950 bags of rice were removed.
On June 13, continued Mr. Tripper, when the intention of imposing a blockade became known, 91 bags of flour and 900 bags of rice were removed from the British Concession, "Other Side of Picturi Returns from June 16 onward, said Mr. Tipper, had not yet been completed, but the removal of flour and rice was proceeding apace. If they found the pace slow, he continued, it was not the fault of the Council, which was not placing any restrictions on their removal. Turning to the other side of the picture, Mr. Tipper pointed out that the Japanese had not kept their oft-repeated declaration that they would not prevent foodstuffs from reaching the concessions, Gince the afternoon of June 16, he said, Japanese motor-launches have been patrolling the river and turning back all native craft carrying vegetables and other food supplies upriver to the concessions. These craft have always been the main source of supply for the concessions. Minor quantities of foodstuffs, declared Mr. Tipper, continued to enter the concessions through the barriers, but these were inadequate for the populace, which, aside from foreigners, included about 80,000 Chinese. Despite the recent vigorous protest of the British Consul-General, British subjects continue to be singled out for attention at searching stations.
The shipping situation, however, has eased somewhat, with the arrival of two British coastal vessel, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Yatshing and Butterfield & Swires Chengtu, without being stopped at the Japanese control point. Consequently, the owners are reported to have decided to cable their Shanghai offices io resume shipments of cargo to Tientsin. The harrowing experiences of two Britons who attempted to visit the Race Course during the week-end have just been revealed.
The first, a man, was stripped naked at a searching station, while
were opened. The other case con-the tinned goods he was carrying cerned a girl who was manhandled by a Chinese policeman, who called her an extremely foul name in Chinese. Knowing enough Chinese to understand the meaning, the girl almost became hysterical. She eventually got past the barrier with the aid of some Germans,
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