BRITISH POST.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 281, 28 November 1938, Page 7

BRITISH POST.

OCCUPIED BY JAPS. Troops Withdrawn After Long Argument. INCIDENTS AT HONGKONG. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Kecelved 11 a.m.) HONGKONG, November 27. Japanese troops entered British territory and occupied a British post on the border between China and Hongkong. British officers, after a long argument, persuaded them to return to Chinese territory. The advance of the Japanese close to the border of Hongkong has rendered the refugee probleu acute. Thousands of the refugees en masse ignored official ' appeals to wait until accommodation could be provided for them. At least 100,000, with all their belongings and even cattle, swarmed into British-leased territory and spent the night in the open. Additional hordes rushed the Sliamchun Bridge, leading to the British area. . The police obstructed them, whereupon the refugees improvised plank bridges and rafts, so the bridge in desperation was thrown open again. Four refugee camps are already over-1 crowded. The British have disarmed I and interned several hundred Chinese soldiers who tried to rush the frontier at Shataukok. British military outposts on the border report that Japanese shells have fallen on their very doorsteps. BRITISH ARMY. IN CHARGE ON FRONTIER. Independent Cable Service. HONGKONG, November 27. Japanese soldiers fired on Chinese refugee civilians running toward British territory, killina seven and woundiim 12. Ma jor-General A. W. Bartholomew, commander of the British forces in China, lias placed the entire British frontier under military command, taking over control from the police.