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FOUNDED 1881 一拜禮 號九十月六英港香 MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1939. 日三初月五
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KILLING OF TIENTSIN
EIGHTEEN MEN ROASTED FOR
TIENTSIN FEARS MOB UPRISING
TRYING TO RUN BLOCKADE British Army
FORCING THEIR VICTIMS to re-
Wire main in the broiling mid-day sun with "BE COURTEOUS TO ALL&
empty kerosene tins tied over their heads, Japanese troops in Tientsin were
Threat responsible for one of the most fiendish
TIENTSIN NOW COMPLETELY BLOCKADED
TIENTSIN, June 19. JAPAN HAS answered the British breaking of the blockade, which was accomplish ed when army trucks brought loads of vege- tables from the Italian Concession, in a drastic
manner.
As from ten o'clock to-night, the British and French Concessions will be en- tirely at the mercy of the Japanese.
A proclamation was issued at 1.40 p.m. to-day, an- nouncing that the barbed- wire barricades surround- ing the two Concessions will be electrified as from 10 o'clock to-night.
The
proclamation states that the step is being taken "in an effort to save unnecessary sacrifices of life."
The barbed wire, which has a total length of thirty miles and stretches semi- circularly around the two Concessions, will be elec- trified from the Tientsin Power Station mains.
torture slayings yet brought to light in the current hostilities.
Eighteen Chinese who were seized whilst attempting to enter the British Concession in Tientsin with foodstuffs were, states a “Central News" message, victims of the torture.
They were stripped of their clothes and forced to kneel naked in the direct heat of the sun, the temperature of which even in the shade has hovered between 90 and 100 degrees for the past five days.
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The hands of the eighteen victims were tied behind their naked backs. INTENSE AGONY
Then, to complete the torture, the Japanese tied empty kerosene tins over the heads of their victims.
NON-BRITISH PEOPLE"
-JAPANESE TROOPS TOLD
"THERE IS NO difference between Tientsin and the front line trenches in the fight against Chiang Kai-shek's influence."
A Japanese Commander is stated to have made this declaration to the Japanese garrison this morning,
A "Domei" report, quoted by "United Press", states that Japanese troops surrounding the British Concession have been ordered to act in the same spirit as they would if they were in the front lines."
Sentries have been ordered to "be curteous and helpful towards Chinese and other non-British nationals."
BRITAIN READY FOR ACTION
Extreme Gravity Worries London
LONDON, June 19.
The agony of the sufferers cannot be imagined.
AS THE Japanese blockade of Tientsin enters its The direct rays of the sun heated the tins unbear-fifth day, the British Government is making no effort to ably, and seven of the victims were literally scored to minimise the extreme gravity of the situation. death..
The remaining eleven are suffering a fate that is even worse than death.
Their faces have been baked by the intense heat. They are blinded and, in some instances, completely insane.
The shricks of the victims aroused horror amongst hundreds of Chinese who watched, with sickening horror the torture and gradual death of their compatriots.
The incident occurred in full view of a queue lined up in Chiushan Street.
The eleven men who did not die were later dragged away, presumably to a merciful death.. REMAINS INCINERATED
The remains of the seven victims were dragged to cremation grounds, where they were incinerated,
Two other Chinese killed by
The Power Station is in the Japanese during the week-
the
end had a much more merciful New Apparatus
the Japanese Concession. death. They were shot dead as
A voltage of 225 volts will be they were attempting to crawl To Aid Subs.
applied to the barbed-wire. through the Japanese barbed-
mean
instantaneous wire barricades.
French
It will death to any person coming in contact with it.
"Central News" reports that the Britain Interested Several persons have succeeded situation in both the British and
Concessions 1s rapidly In Invention in entering the British and deteriorating. An Ironic feature of French Concessions, especially the blockade js that Japanese at night, by crawling through citizens and merchants are suffering the barbed wire at points not both the Japanese Concessions have equally with other nationalities, as
Diplomatic quarters see only one small ray of hope -the fact that Japan has not sent London any official note incorporating the demands which the Japanese spokesman made in Tientsin on Wednesday.
If Japan is willing to keep the issue on a local basis, it is be lieved that the problem can be
Warships ved
May Aid
Acute Food Shortage
At Kulangsu
SHANGHAI, June 19. AUTHORITATIVE circles here state that the food situa- tion at Kuliangsu is worsening to such an extent that supplies will probably be landed on the Inter- national Settlement island from
British warships.
Japanese
deeldes
So
If, however, Japan raise a broad issue involving the status of foreign Powers then Great Britain has decided to be ready to defend her position.
The blockade hus kept both Lon- don and Paris diplomatically active throughtout the week-end,
No Sacrifices
It is understood that the two Governments have decided that under no circumstances con they sacrifice their Concessions to Japanese force.
Such a sacrifice, it la belleved here, would risk the collapse of the entire
.cracies.
It is authoritatively stated
May
Navy Run Blockade
JAPANESE VÍCTIMISATION and terroris
ing of Chinese seeking to enter the British Concession in Tientsin has had the desired effect.
As compared with the normal flow of 100,000 pedestrians, which was cut down to 30,000 on the first day of the blockade, only 320 persons passed the seven barriers into the French and British Concessions yesterday.
The torture and killing of several Chinese who attempted to run the blockade is believed to be responsible for the complete success of the Japanese campaign.
The blockade has now completely paralysed all factories and business establishments in the two Concessions.
FACTORIES CLOSED
factories
Among the
which have suspended operations is the British American Tobacco Company.
All cotton-mills have also been brought to a standstill. The British authorities are believed to be contem- plating drastic measures to alleviate the food position, which is becoming desperate. MAY BREAK BLOCKADE
It is believed in some quarters that the British military nu- thorities will be asked to repeat Saturday's successful running of the blockade, when seven military lorries loaded with vegetables were brought from the Italian to the French Concession with- out hindrance from the Japanese. Each of the lorries was guard- ed by detachments of the Durham Rifles.;
Although naval authorities in Hongkong are uninformed, Tientsin reports still persist in stating that the British Govern- ment has ordered the Commander-in-Chief to provide warships for carrying food up the Peiho River to the British Concession if the blockade persists beyond the danger point.
Anti-British sentiment, fanned by the distribution of over a million handbills and pamphlets during the past week, and by mass meetings addressed by puppet agitators, is definitely increa- sing in the Japanese Concessions and native quarters, and is be- lieved to be seriously perturbing the authorities.
guarded by the Japanese, the bulk of the share of the business crews from sunken submarines Council's reply of June 8 "out of the French security in the Far East.-- cultivating.
Some caught in the act were with the isolated foreign areas. summarily executed,
The barbed wire barricades were erected around the British and French Concessions about two months ago, before the present crisis arose."
They have been considerably streng- thened since last Thursday.-- Domei
Reich Troops Concentrate PRAGUE, June 19.-German troop movements towards the Slovak border were reported to Be continuing during the week- and, large numbers of tanks, armoured cars and transport vehicles passing through horo eastward
Nearly ton divisions are stated to be concentrated on the border, mainly near Ostrau,—Router...
Blockade Broken
But
United Press..
small
∙are
It is almost certain that the The mujority of the Russians In overseas Empires of the two demo-Japanese are doing their utmost Tintin consitute the poorer class of foreigner, and prices have sky- to make cats-paws of the Chi- rocketed to such an extent that they The return of the Japanese
that nese, and the authorities are ap- are existing now on. bread (or which, Consul General, Mr. G. Uchida, whatever policy Britain adepts with prehensive that attempts may fortunately there is an abundance)
and salted herrings. from Tokyo, is believed to fore-regard to applying economic pressure be made to over-run the conces shadow new developments at on Japan (assuming the latter con-
Intonio Heat linues the Tientsin blockade), Francesion if the mobs are sufficiently Amoy.
Only a few of the stalls in the will give her fullest support.
inflamed by the "Down With
markets are open, however, and in It is believed, however, that Japan
France has
has already basured the Britain" and "Take Back
the this
respect all foreigners BELGRADE, June 18. is still not prepared to give way on
British Government of its firm sup Concessions" campaigns which experiencing considerable hardships port of any decision reached for A NEW apparatus which, it is any of the ave demands made on claimed, makes
meeting the Japanese threats to the Japanese are so assiduously in obtaining food. Vegetables are the rescue of the Municipal Council.
| almost non-existent. oMelais are reported to consider the
The Intense heat is adding greatly A more subtle and dangerous form to the discomfort, especially as for- lying at depths up to 200 question."United Press,
of propaganda, which has The food situation In the British metres, absolutely certain, has
Britons Must Not Starve
more eigners are unable to visit the Coun likelihood of success, is поту
being try Club, which is outside the Concession is rapidly worsening, been constructed by a Belgrade
Negotiations To Be Rosumed
LONDON, June 19.-There is more used by the Japanese. Handbills barricades; The
Bwimming AMOY, June 10. than one way of muking the Japanese distributed throughout the Chinese pool in the British Concession has a engineer named Dushan Kuz-"
WITH THE return yesterday of lose "face", just as there is more than quarters binme the British authorit
queue, of manowitch.
of hundreds... Only Germans and Italians are be- the British authorities
Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Uchida, one-
the butt way of exacting economic retri-ins for the fact that over 100,000 men It is reported that the British Ad-from Tokyo negotiations for
from Japan for the unjustified have been thrown out of working exempt from the humiliating succeeded in alleviallar the positiomiralty has telegraphed Kuzmanow-settlement.of the Kulangsu, situation pressure she is endeavouring to through, the closure of mills in the searches and examinations at. thu allchtly on Saturday when they itch
to go to England to demon will be resumed shortly. broke the Japanese blockade by strate the efficacy of his invention.
exercise, essential, meanwhile,
the "Daily Tele-Concession.
barriers to and from the Concessions, Rear Admiral Mido, chief of the
It Is graph",
Wave Of Hato
The Maritime Custom Head- running seven military trucks into the Kallan Concession on the other Both British and French Admiral-Amoy Omce of the China Affairs that the beleagured inhabitants Hints that the present anti-British quarters, which were altuated on the side of the river, filling them withics on former occasions declined to Board, also returned here yesterday, Tientsin shall not be allowed to wave of hate may be extended to French. Concession Bund, has opened vegetables, and returning them to adopt a Yugo-Slav invention Trans- It is understood that Consul-General starve", the paper adds.
France are contained in a report that an office in the Japanese Concession. brought |with Uchida has
Messages fromi United Press · and Elther the Japanese must diploma-the Japanese spokesman in Tientsin important instructions from his honetically be persuaded to relax the has warned that France by no means Domel,
regarding the settlement blockade, or food must be sent in a has a clean bill of health.”
that the British warship.
Japanese reports, state that
· Harbouring· American as well us British citizens French Concession discretion was the best part of valour
coming negotiations between the are involved, and the arrival of Ad-agents of Generalisalmo Chiang Kai- and made no efforts to interfere.
ane 10Although it Japanese Consul General, the foreign miral Harry Yarnell may prove to shett, and warn that unicas subversive BURGOS, June is claimed that the relations between consular body and the Municipal be the turning point of the local tactics, including the use of bootleg United Press" states that in Spain and Italy aro su cordial that Council, which will still centre on the crisis.
prohlblied, ROME, June 18The First Naval view of the continued interference they could hardly be strengthened by five-point Japanese proposal for the Saying that there is no excuse for
"Austy for the Squadron, under: Rear-Admiral Ric-
card, will leave Naples, to-morrow: with British subjects, expecully any further pact, the possibility reorganization of the international yielding the concessions at the pre-
con-administrative system-Domel. sent time, the paper added: ladies, the British Consul Generat exists that the countries will
Tha shortage of foodstuffs in the for a fortnight's exercises off Spain,.
The in Fiontain, Mr. Jamieson, has clude a non-aggression pati.
Imperialism of the Western Powers British and French Concessions Is Portugal and Morocco. warned all Brillai subjects to res Collaboration between Italy, and
may have driven some hard bargains affecting all nationalitiça,
"exercises": described as frain from attempting to leave the Spain, It is added, will take the form o
with the Chinese, but Japanero hn- Somewhat, ironically, the chief normal training.. British Concession, unicas - on of collaboration between Portugal The Atlantic Clipper frrived here perialism does not drive
bargain at
Bron: consists of two |- Bufferers, xmong; the foreigners sro The ; squidron, matters of oxirente urgency, Jand Spain, in which a pact of friends at 4.45 p.m. to-day completing the all. Its object, is to exploit the re- the White Russians, many of whom battleships, ten cruisers, 20 destroyers, Mr. G. A. Smith is still being ship and non-aggression.lexisis 2,280 mile flight in 23 hours, 50 sources of China and her man-power,
are secrelly supporting the Japan-|and an unknown number of sub- minuter-United Press,
4. detained, despite British protests Trans-Ocean.,
PLEASE Turn To Pago.
marines Reuter: Special
the British Concession, The trucks were despatched to and from the Italian Concession under armed escorts provided by the Dur- ham Rifles. The Japanese decided
Ocean.
Spain To Join Totalitarians?
him
KVALS taches to 'the forth-
Lisbon June 18,
in
may beco
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Italian Naval Manoeuvres