BRITAIN TO PROTEST

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 August 1939, Page 7

BRITAIN TO PROTEST

FLIGHT OF JAPANESE BOMBERS NEAR COAST OF HONG KONG. ENTIRE BORDER OCCUPIED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, August 18. Fifteen Japanese bombers (lew over British territorial waters in the vicinity of Stanley Peninsula and Hong Kong island. The shore batteries did not lire, but a vigorous protest is being prepared.

The Japanese during last night completed the occupation of the Chinese area along the entire border of Hong Kong.

A report received last night stated that Hong Kong was quiet, and British troops were still manning the border. Firing had died down,, and Chinese refugees had ceased to pour in. The Japanese are believed to be preventing further escapes from the peninsula. MURDER THREATS AGAINST BRITISH CITIZENS IN TIENTSIN. NO SIGN OF RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS. TIENTSIN, August 18. A number of British citizens have received letters from the Chinese Youths' Association threatening death unless they leave China. It is learned from Tokio that there is no sign of resumption of the Tientsin negotiations. The British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, informed the Foreign Minister, Mr Arita, that he is still awaiting instructions on the economic issues, particularly as they affect the Dominions. TIENTSIN FLOODS BELATED CO-OPERATION. EFFORTS TO SAVE FOREIGN AREAS. LONDON, August 17. The Shanghai correspondent of "The Times” says that the British. French and Japanese authorities in Tientsin arc at last co-operating feverishly in erecting dykes to save the foreign areas from serious floods. The British Bund is already under water. SENTRY PUNISHED FOR SLAPPING AMERICAN MISSIONARY. (Received This Day. 10.5 a.m.) SHANGHAI, August 18. The Japanese army authorities state that the Japanese sentry who slapped Mrs Richards, an American missionary. has been punished.