Navigation along the lower Yangtze and along the central China coast extending from Shanghai to a point south of Swatow, was proclaimed closed to Chinese shipping by Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, command Ger-in-chief of the Japanese Third Fleet at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The proscribed area extends from 224 degrees north latitude and 121.44 degrees east longitude to 23.14 degrees north latitude and 11648 degrees east longitude.
Foreign and Japanese shipping will not be prohibited from entering the zone. Both Government-owned and private Chinese shipping, however, are uncer ban The virtual blockade against Chinese shipping will be carried into effect by the Third Fleet and other Japanese war vessels under the command of Admiral Hasegawa.
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