PRESTIGE OF BRITAIN.
AN OFFICER’S COURAGE. INTERVENTION IN FIGHTING. Onltrrt Pn»i» Assn—Elec T**l. Cop r right (Received August 3, 3 p.m.) PEKING, August 2. How Major D. J. Cowan, the British Charge d’Affalres, saved hundreds of lives by courageously intervening to prevent street fighting, is now disclosed. The Japanese were preparing to bombard the inner city last week and the Chinese were arranging resistance, when Major Cowan supported the Embassy’s prestige and called on them to desist. Both were unwilling to do so without mutual assurances, and Major Cowan, negotiating with them alternatively, by his strictness and impartiality pacified both sides. The city is now ruled by a temporary Government of five departments, including many Japanese advisers. The Soviet Ambassador protested to Japan regarding a raid on its consulate at Tientsin, demanding the punishment of the offenders and the restoration of property.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20263, 4 August 1937, Page 7
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142PRESTIGE OF BRITAIN. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20263, 4 August 1937, Page 7
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