1937-09-18 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1937.

FOREIGNERS SUFFER INDIGNITIES AT HANDS OF JAPANESE TROOPS

While

ostilities, The British Municipal Council, may, at present, be closer to Shang- it is understood, took immediate ac- hai's than to Tientsin's door, the tion after reports on the incident Setlement and French Concession had been received, and the acting has yet to suffer the indignities chairman of the Council, Mr. C. D. which have been enacted against Dixon, together with Mr. R. H. foreign nationals by Japanese Dennis, chief of police, visited the military in Tientsin's Concession British Consul-General, Mr. I. B

area.

Affleck Mr. Affeck and Brigadier A. H Hopwood took up the matter with the Japanese consular and mi- litary authorities.

The Peking and Tientsin Times cites several of these incidents. Or August 28, when à long column of troops entered the French Conces-1 sion from Davenport Road on their GİRL GUIDES way to the temporary quarters of

SING DURING the Japanese forces, the soldiers marched in the centre of the road, CLIFF PERIL thus blocking all other traffic.

Four London Girl Guides, singing The Police Sergeant on duty, a Frenchman, motioned with his to keep up their spirits were trap- hand for the troops to keep to their ped for two hours near the top of side of the road. No notice was the 540ft. cliffs at Warborrow Bay, taken of his signal, whereupon the Dorset.

They had set out to rescue two- sergeant held up his hand and call- ed the troops to halt. The Japan-young girls from a ledge of the cliff, ese reaction to this order was as unexpected. A Japanese military by the coastguards' life-saving-ap- man struck him acros the face. while another attacked the police- man with his whip.

Traffic Held Up

but had themselves to be rescued

paratus.

The Guides, members of the 17th Hackney troop, encamped near Swanage, were Margaret Miles. of Blurton-road, Clapton Park; Joan Gowlett. of Glenarme-road, Clapton;

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On August 29 traffic along Elgin Joan Stiggle, of London-road. Clap 66MEN IN EXILE"

Avenue and Davenport Road was ton and Joy Hayes, of Parkside, exceptionally dense.

For

con-Mill Hill.

siderable period of time three lines When they heard the girls calling of troops and supplies were moving for help they set out with a rope continuously towards the French accompanied by Oliver Dawson, of Concession on the left side of the Broughton Gifford, Wilts, to find road. Another column of empty a path up the cliff to them.

carts, also of the Japanese troops. was, moving in the opposite diree tion on the other side of the street. All traffic was held up.

A constable on point duty on the

"We climbed nearly to the top," said Margaret Miles, "and then found that the cliff rose vertically above us and it was impossible to go any higher. We went back about 100ft. and then found we could not go any further.

corner of Race Course Road and Elgin Avenue saw a break in the

"So we sat on the cliff and tried Japanese columns, and attempted to singing to keep our spirits up. After take advantage of this to allow a long me we saw two faces on other traffic, which had waited for the cliff top above us. nearly an hour, to pass Although Coastguards lowered down to the constable held up his hand to them Alfred Charles, of West Lul- the Japanese military carts, the worth, and William Diddums, of drivers urged their rules on. The Chandler's Ford, and after about policeman then grabbed the reins half an hour all had been hauled of the leading mule This proved to the top, unhurt except for fatal. The soldier in charge leap- scratches and bruises. ed out and assaulted the constable. The girls they had tried to save Other Japanese soldiers gathered, Felicity Wavell, aged sixteen, and drew their bayonets, and assumed a her sister, Joan, aged fourteen, of threatening attitude.

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Ringwood, Hants, had meanwhile been rescued by Patrick Ancill.

GOERING FOUNDS ART SCHOOL

Mr. W. Greenland, a Briton, was crossing the road at the time, when for no evident reason the soldier who had attacked the constable approached him, slapped his face several times, and kicked the pass- er-by. The soldier continued to be Himself As Headmaster labour the pedestrian although the A school of painting has been latter had turned away, and knock-founded by General Goering at ed off his spectacles.

Slashed With Whip

Kronenberg in the Eifel mountains,

it is announced He will take direct control of the school him- self:

As Mr. Greenland moved away, Professor Warner Peiner of the a mounted soldier, apparently an Prussian Academy of arts, has officer or N. C. O., charged at him been appointed chief of the school and almost knocked him down.staff by General Goering- This the mounted man followed up The Hermann Goering School of with a slash of the whip, striking Painting," as it is called, is to "give the Briton across the shoulder. Ja-expression to Germany way of panese soldiers with drawn bayon-life în art”

according to the sta ets then approached and drove Mr.tates drawn up by General Goering. Greenland away.

He wants the institution to found

The incident was witnessed by German school of painting which many people, including, a number will carry on the past traditions of of prominent Tientsin foreigners, German painting and leave a walu- who were waiting in their cars in able heritage for future the immediate neighbourhood.

tions.

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