INCIDENT AT SHANGHAI
CHINESE POLICE UNDER JAPANESE ORDERS. Received June 18. 5.5 p.m. SHANGHAI, June 17. The Chinese police, under orders from the Japanese, entered the International Settlement and tried to reopen the police station which the British closed down three months ago. British troops found the Chinese removing the barbed-wire barricades around the station. The Chinese were forced to withdraw, whereupon the barricades were replaced. After the departure of the troops the Chinese returned with revolvers drawn and posted a guard opposite the station.
EMBARGO ON FLOUR STOCKS RESENTED BY JAPANESE. Received June 18, 7.30 p.m. TOKIO, June 18. The British Concession authorities have placed an embargo on stocks of flour, including those held by Japanese, who describe the action as a fresh provocation. BRITISH DIFFICULTIES BERLIN PRESS GLOATS. Received June 18, 7.20 p.m. BERLIN, June 17. The Press shows undisguished satisfaction over Britain's difficulties at Tientsin. The National Zeitung gloats that the encirclers have been encircled. The official German news agency claims that an accurate knowledge of the Far East is the keypoint in the British and French negotiations with Moscow.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 142, 19 June 1939, Page 8
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