Local Institutions Open Joint Colleges in Interior The Japanese Government has agreed to the conditions stipulated by Great Britain under which Britain has agreed to the stopping of British shipping on the China coast for the purpose of verifying certificates of registry.
Britain, it is authoritatively learned, declared that she considered the whole procedure illegal, but did not propose to stand on legal rights subject to the following conditions:
1—If_a British warship is within one mile of the vicinity, the Japanese warship must_ask permission before g a British merchantman. 2—It no British warship is within a mile, the Japanese warship must immediately' report such inspection, which must be limited to verifica-Yon of the certificate of registry.
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