Concern Expressed by High Naval Officer Shanghai, May 3.
'That the situation in' the south, especially Fukien, deserves a good) cal of attention' from the authori: ies was the gist of an interview given to local press representatives yesterday by Vice-Admiral Li Shih" fehia, member of the Fukien Pray, vineial Government. and Garris: Commander of Mamoi Forts, wij arrived from Foochow a few di Jago and is leaving for Nanking night on business, In the opinion' of the naval cial, "the public "has paid. clot attention to the developments the north, but neglected those In~ south China. The situation, in the south, especially Fukler, Vice-Ad~ miral Li pointed out, is) as tense. if not more so than that 'n the north, According to unconfirmed Chinese reports from Fukien a large group of Japanese have been make ing repeated requests to the authorities for pleasure tours in the pro-Many of them, it was said, visited the interior without passports. Recently, an important " Jaanese Klenow, Yunga conducting secret surveys of the land. He was arrested by a gendarme in Yenping and escorted to Foochow. where he was extradited to. the Japani was also reported that fishing boats have been similar surveys along the coast,
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