Tientsin, June 29.
With a further improvement in the food situation, and. with Japanese searching at the barriers less rigid, the situation here has eased cons siderably.
For the second successive day, large supplies of foodstuffs entered the British Concession. However, the shortage of native ice, on which the preservation of perishable foodstuffs Targely depends, is acutely felt.
With the departure this morning of Major G. "A. Herbert, British Superintending Consul, to participate in the negotiations in Tokyo over the Tientsin dispute, Interest has shifted to the Japanese' capital.
Major Herbert sailed aboard the British destroyer Decoy. He had intended to travel by air, but was tunable to secure accommodation.
It is understood that Mr. H. Tanaka, Japanese Consul, also lett for Tokyo this morning to report to the Japanese Government on the situation hhere.—Reuter.
Tugs, Lighters Detained Tientsin, June 20, Lighters, owned by the Taku Tug and Lighter Company and Messrs. Butterfeld & Swire, are being detained by the Japanese 30 miles downriver.
On Thursday evening, two tugs belonging to the Taku Tug and Lighter Company and one owned by Messrs. Butterfield & Swire were on their way to Tangku with" empty lighters. While passing Hsinho, a shot rang out from shore. A Russian Japanese Military Demands Tientsin, June 28.
Well-informed Japanese observers here state that the Japanese authorities in Tientsin have no objection to the "forthcoming Anglo-Japanese negotiations in Tokyo for a settle: ment of the Tientsin issue, The following four points, however, these observers point out, constitute Japan's minimum terms for a settlement, judging by the attitude of the Japanese authorities, both diplomatic fand military, at Tientsin;—
A—Yoint search and control terrorists in a thoroughgoing manner.
2—Drastle' control of antt-Japanese elements in the British' Con:
Tiquldation of economic disturbances im North China, and British ce-operation In the economic policy" of the new Fegime in "North China, 4—The handing over of the $48, 000,000 worth of silver specie held by 'Chinese banks in' the British Concession to the "Pel-ping Provisional Government."
Reuter.
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