Kaisha was resuming the service to Nanking were categorico; l denied by that company's pa: senger department when interviewed by the "North-China Daily News" yesterday. It was admitted that N.K.K. s. Yue-kiang Maru had left Shanghai for Nanking yesterday morning, but the reason for this was "military purposes." The company had no intention of opening up or resuming any service to Nanking for the time being.
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"Since the channel forced through the booms cannot be opened for free navigation without causing, in the present circumstances, no small obstacle to the military operations of the Japanese Forces, any vessel, whether, it be government-owned or private-owned, other than those of Japanese nationality, which has the sire of passing through the channel, is hereby cordially requested to get in touch with the Japanese Navy and secure beforehand their understanding for its prospective navigation through the booms.
"Needless to add, the Japanese Navy are always ready to give sympathetic understanding to the navigation of foreign vessels so far as it permissible from the military point of view and to offer facilities for the passage of such vessels by supplying a convoy.
"It is, therefore, the earnest desire of the Imperial Japanese Navy that the vessels of the interested Powers, taking full cognizance and appreciation of the above-mentioned circumstances, will scrupulously retrain from attempting to navigate through the forced channel freely or in such a way as may invite misunderstanding with the Japanese Navy."
Mr. Okamoto asked Mr. Aall to circulate the note to other members of the Consular Body, so as to appraise of its contents the interested Powers. The note was sent on January 10. a normal service as far 3
Wuhu, and other up-river ports concerned for the time being, conditions being still much too disturbed. Their have had practically no alt as regards the service between Shanghai and Nantungchow (Tungchow), which is situated just below the Kiangyin boom, and regular services have been maintained Kuan Service E
The companies, however, are now endeavouring to extend the service to Kuan, which is above the fjoom and a mile or two down-river from
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