The report also revealed t although the Japanese were still ocpying the pontoons they had comnandzered, foreigners were not perttcd to go there. Further, it was tated that by placing buoys on the iver side of the pont he Japan had effectively prevented foreign from berthing alongside. It as even stated that it had become dangerous to attempt to y of the foreign-owned properties Recent Chinese reports indicated hut fighting along the coastal dis-riots of Chekiang and Kiangsu had endered it more difficult for shipping interests to do business in these areas, Japanese vessels, however continue to ply between Japan, Shanghai and Yangtze ports carrying large quantities of cargo.
Tsingtao Reopening Welcomed London, Mar. 28.
The reopening of Tsingtao is gen erally welcomed in London Far Eastern circles. Japanese circles emphasize it as first fruits of the steady efforts by the moderate elements in Japan to relax the rigid policy of he extremists They hope it will be accepted as genuine effort on the part of Japan to satisfy the grievances of third parties, foreshowing further similar concessions.—Reuter,
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