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Ave Early the this month Consulate-Generat requested the Shanghai to designate their nationale' properties along the Chekiang and Fukien coasts ni requested that replies should be handed' them by" yesterday These replies were) to he sent authorit this procedure being om! military authorities will consider those properties as being Eh nese an will not be held responsible for the consequences, Several Chinese press report stated that such written requests had been received by only German anc Ballan Consuls-General, Other fore-lig consuls general had not received stich notices, it was asserted The requests were made by the ese Consul-General before the Enster holidays and their contents were made public by Chinese sources yesterday. The Japanese notes were quoted as saying that along the Fukien and Chekiang coast pro-arties on which third party national Maus are flying have increased and that this increase has aroused sus icion.
This reported Japatiese request has led some quarters to believe that the detention of nine steamers lying. Portuguese flags near Tinghai a outside Woosung last weeks was keeping with the policy in the Japanese note.
The Portuguese steamers reported 10 be still detained yester~ day all of them having been ordered to sail to Yangtszepoo where _passengers were allowed to go ashore, The detained boats were said to be still "guarded by Japanese war: vessels while Portuguese consular thorities were stated to be protest-
Mrs, S. ¥. Buren and her son Rolfe left in the 8. President Coolidge on April 13 for America and Swede where her elder son is now at school, Mr, Euren is remaining in Shanghai
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