Wanxian Incident - Banken Incident

Japanese: 万県事件 - ばんけんじけん

On September 5, 1926, British gunboats bombarded the city of Wanxian (now Wanzhou, a municipality under the direct control of Chongqing) in China. On August 29, troops under the command of Yang Sen, a Sichuan warlord, captured a British steamship at Yunyang on the upper Yangtze River, sailed it to Wanxian and detained it. Two other British steamships anchored in Wanxian were also detained that same day. The British side lodged a strong protest against Yang Sen and demanded the release of the British ship, but to no avail. On September 5, a rescue team was sent to rescue the crew from the British ship, and the British gunboats bombarded the city of Wanxian, burning dozens of houses and causing hundreds of civilian deaths and injuries. This incident significantly worsened anti-British sentiment among the Chinese people, sparking anti-British movements not only in various places along the Yangtze River, but also in Zhifu, Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing, Fengtian, and other places. The United States and Japan adopted an attitude of non-intervention, and at the end of September, with American mediation, the British made concessions and the issue was resolved as a local issue.

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Japanese:

1926年9月5日，中国の万県 (現重慶直轄市万州) でイギリス砲艦が市街を砲撃した事件。8月 29日，四川軍閥楊森麾下の軍隊が揚子江上流の雲陽でイギリス汽船を拿捕し，これを万県に回航させて抑留し，同日万県に停泊中の他のイギリス汽船2隻も抑留された。イギリス側は楊森に対して厳重に抗議しイギリス船の釈放を要求したが効果がなかったので，9月5日救援隊を派遣して抑留中のイギリス船から船員を救出するとともに，イギリス砲艦が万県市内を砲撃し，家屋数十を焼き，市民に数百の死傷者を出した。この事件は中国の民衆の反英感情を著しく悪化させ，揚子江沿岸の各地はもとより，芝罘，上海，天津，北京，奉天などに反英運動を激発させた。アメリカと日本は不介入の態度を示し，9月末アメリカの調停によりイギリス側が譲歩して地方的問題として解決された。

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