Tientsin, July, 6.
The Japanese have not yet, releas~ ed Mr. E. T, Griffiths, second officer of the Butterfeld & Swire steamer Yochow, who was arrested on Sun day evening for the alleged use of "sulting language to Japanese solers"
Efforts to secure his release will bbe continued tomorrow, Questioned regarding the purpose of the tightened restrictions over the entry of milk into. the British Concession, the spokesman said that the officer in charge of barriers had told him he had no alternative but to examine each container of milk for unauthorized. articles, Asked about Japanese reports that Mfr. E.G. Jamieson, the Beitish Consul-General, "had recently been in possession of the advance plans of Chinese guerillas operating around Tientsin, the spokesman promised to sive a reply tomorrow.
Mr. Jamieson, it will be recalled, yesterday authorized Reuter to deny the report as a preposterous. lle—Reuter, Campaign in North China Peiping, July 6.
Viligeation of things British con~ tines "in all Japanese-controlled newspapers in North China.
'One journal today declared that the British authorities were secretly instigating Chinese bandits to disturb the "Japanese rear under' British Girection, and were also. supplying them with arms, though how this is possible with the British Concession fu. Tientsin blockaded Is not explained.
Much of the Japanese campaign being directed personally "against Mr. E.G. Jamieson, British Consul General in Tientsin Statements by British missionaries arriving from Shansi make abundantly clear that the alleged fantieBritish—movement there is [directed by Japanese. Some mission-ries are said to have been directly threatened, Missions and churches in Shanst are plastered with anthBritish post ers. "One of these documents advo-Jeated a "return to the measures of
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