The Archive · 1938

Protest Over Rice Sale

Rejected Tokyo, Nov. 2.

A protest against the requisitioning of rice by Japanese military authori ties in Canton, led" by" the Inter. national "Relief "Committee there through the British Consul, was re. Jected by the Japanese authorities, te. cording to a. message received here todas Japanese military authorities regulsltoned $000 bates of rice at the Liang-1 warehouse on October 22 and the ice stock of the Hwa Chih and Wo Fung warehouses on October 20, message said. The relief com? smittge declared it had. purchased the ce i question.

'The Japanese military authorities have' promised. to" pay Indemnity the rightful owner of the rice.

Britons in Canton were transferring chinese property into' their ows hands, according to" Informatie received here.

Japanese authorities in Canton explained that if the proper ownership they will pay for it-—Domes the tice is ascertained in the future (right) at Treatment of Japanese Called "Oppression"

Tokyo, Nov. 7

especially newspaper men, by the Oppression of Japanese' resdenis authorities of French Indo-China "defies description," according to the Haiphong correspondent of the "Nichi-Nichi" chain of newspapers The correspondent said an unwary ranted surveillance was practised by *Quake Rocks Japanese Prefectures Tokyo, Nov. 6. The weather bureau reported today that a severe earthquake had been felt in Miyagi prefect ture.

The earthquake disrupted communications, especially between town of Kinkazan district and the rest of Japan, Government officials fear the damage may have been heavy in Miyagi, Tbaralt and Iwate prefect tures.

The only known damage was to a warehouse in the town of Tsujiura, which was completely destroyed. The shock was felt in Tokyo and through Hakodate—United Press,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account