lives by courageously intervening to prevent street fighting is now disclosed. The Japanese were greparing to bombard the inner city last week and the Chinese were arranging resistance. Major Cowan, supported by the Embassy's prestige, called on them to desist. Both were unwilling without mutual assurances, but Major Cowan, negotiating between them alternatively, by. strictness and impartiality, pacified both parties. The city is now ruled by a temporary government of five departments, including many Japanese advisers. The Soviet Ambassador protested to Japan regarding the raid on the conSulate at Tientsin, demanding tbe punnshment of tlie oifenclers and the restoration of propertv.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 168, 3 August 1937, Page 7
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