Alter signing the "confession" late on Sunday night, he was forced to share with two Chinese the smallest vermin-infested cell of the coolie jail, hho told the British consular officials.
After he had been placed in the cell he was given foreign food and was not molested, but he complained of a terrible stench, The cell was not equipped with any Kind of sanitary arrangements, fand the stench was almost unbearable, now second affeer iMerneld & Swire and a former mem ber of the Royal Air Force, said that he "did not remember" insulting Japanese sentries.
The first indication he had that something was wrong was when he found himself in a room crowded with Japanese officers late on Sunday ligt, he said, The emeers questioned him Japanese, which he does not under-Stand, ahd then later twisted his thumbs and fingers and forced him. to sign a statement, which he, took to be some sort of "confession," Mr. Grifiths reported to the British Consulate, Meanwhile, Major-General A. Grassett, Cofamanding OMicer of the British Porees in China, arrived here aboard HELMS. Falmouth,
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