BLOCKADE COMPLETE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 143, 20 June 1939, Page 7

BLOCKADE COMPLETE

FOOD VERY SHORT JAPANESE EFFORTS SETTING CHINESE AGAINST THE BRITISH Received -June 19, 5.5 p.m. TIENTSIN, June 18. The temperature to-day is 108 degrees Fahrenheit. Americans went swimming, but only three Britons have passed through the barricades jn two days. Official British reports state that Japanese guards who . a man, to strip. The second was partly stripped and manhandled. A girl was also manhandled by Chinese policemen. The Japanese rontinui their efforts i'» set the C hinese against the British. A captive balloon over lhe city carried the slogan, "The British despoil our commerce and are North Chinas public enemy. ’ The British have fixed loud-speak-ers al the entrances tc lhe Concession and are telling the Chinese to keep out. The secretary of the I>ritish Municipal Council stale* that supplies of foodstuffs are sufficient for only two days. Supplies ot rice and flour in lhe warehouses are ample, .->ut the Japanese continue to allow more Chinese to enter the settlements, resulting in a bigger demand, leading to a shortage and higher, prices. Japanese patrol boats on the Hai River are turning back Chinese era fl laden with food, making the blockade complete. Chinese and Japanese held an anti-Eritish rally in the Japanese Concession. Bursts of machine-gun tire provided