The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-23

 8 few hundred yards from the United States marine barracks just outside the wires.
 Apparently he had tried to get over the wires during the night to leave the concession. One hand clutched a strand of the wires. The victims legs were sprawled inside the barricade area. His hat lay on the ground outside.
 Hundreds of Chinese stood dociley in line at the nearby Shansi road barrier, watching the body sway grotesquely on the wires. They were waiting for Japanese sentries to search them. The sentries, and pro- Japanese Chinese policemen aiding them, took IS minutes to search each person, and people waited in line for hourse for their turn.
 British Citizens HI Treated Anger of British residents mount ed at their fellow countrymen told of indignities to which the Japanese subjected them. Some were stripped naked, others to their underclothes. Afte- H. J. Lord had been searched, a Japanes- officer forced his mouth open with his passport. Ivor E. House, son-in-law of former Brit ish consul general here, told how Japanese had kept him stripped naked in a searching hut while for- eign women passed. They examined his clothing minutely and even turn- ed his necktie inside out. When he was permitted to dress, one sem try thrust Houses passport through his hair tauntingly, as if to comb it.
 Japs Laugh It Of
 The Domei (Japanese) news agency announced that Japanese authorities dismissed with laughter as malicious propaganda," reports of the indignities, explaining: "All people are treated alike but are dealt with according to their in- dividual merits. Britons are typical ly arrogant"
 Japanese ordered Miss Mary An- derson, British, to diSrobe as she sought to leave the British con- cession. She refused and evaded the Japanese soldiers by running back into the concession.
 Todays anti-British meetings were held ostensibly to mark the anni- yersary of an incident at Canton 14 years ago when British sailors fired on Chinese demonstrators. i Japanese-sponsored Chinese "pa- triotic" societies were nominally In charge, and Japanese airplanes scat tered anti-British leaflets over cities as demonstrations were held. It was reported that the Japanese had ordered Chinese in villages to lis- ten to radio broadcaSts describing the meetings.
 To Continue Blockade Japanese authorities here an- nounced that they would continue the Tientsin blockade "as long as Great Britain aids the Chinese" A Japanese consular spokesman said that the Japanese reply to a protest by American Consul Gen. eral John K. Caldwell against nn- terference with United States citi- zens and interests would be delayed until army authorities considered it. It was explained that Japanese Consul General Shiegnori Tashiro, to whom Caldwell protested, had re- ferred the matter to the army. Japanese Explain Ultimatum l The threatened explosion at Swa- tow, caused by 8 Japanese order to foreigners including foreign war ships to get out, seemed to have subsided by mutual consent. The Japanese explained today that they had not issued an ultimatum-they has just asked the foreigners as friends to avoid possible danger, and had mentioned p. m., yesterday as the desirable final hour for evac- uation.
 It was announced at Hong Kong today, after British naval advice to shippers to resume services to Swa- tow, that two British merchantmen would leave Hong Kong Sunday and would report to British naval con- manders at Swatow for further or derS.
 U. s. Gunboat On Way | It was said at Hong Kong hat the United States gunboat Ashe- vile would leave there tonight for Kulangsu, the blockaded foreign area of Annoy.
 The municipal council reported the British concession was recelv- ing IS per cent of normally supply of meat and 25 per cent of vege- tables. Frencch concession supplies were more nearly normal. British authorities forwarded . written protest against the "indig- mites" suffered by Britons in yes- terday,s incidents. However, Jap anese Consul General Shigenori Tashiro, has not answered any Brit ish protests so far.
 Chinese Make Demand
 Mayor Wen Shik- Chen, head or the Japanese-sponsored Chinese re- gime in Tientsin, sent to the Britt ish and French consulates the de- mands of the Peiping provisional government, threatening that the Chinese will take their town action" of the demands are not met.
 The demands included: i. British and French conceS- sion authorities must immediately hand over or exterminate terrorists, communists and anti-JapaneSe ele- ments in the concessions. 2. They must suppress circulation of Chinese national currency bank notes and hand over silver stored in foreign banks.
 Japanese authorities in Tientsin promised today to release G. A. Smith, British importer whom they arrested Saturday. They stipu-