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Rumours also have it that a band of SCREENING, PAINTING, past few days has aroused "grave concern" among the Powers concern-in the Far East, according to the "Daily Herald."
The British naval authorities, the t paper states, are understood to be considering plans to provide a naval escort for British merchantmen plying in China waters.
The journal adds that the French authorities are expected to protest strongly regarding the Aramis incident, on similar lines to the British protest regarding the boarding of the Ranpura by Japanese bluejackets close to Hongkong territorial waters.—Reuter.
Hi Protest in Tokyo Tokyo, May 28.
Sir Robert Craigie, the British dor in Tokyo, today made strong representations to the Foreign Office regarding the very provocative actions of the Japanese naval authorities in holding up well-known British ce vessels, notably the P. & O. liner Ranpura, on the high seas along the ER China coast.
(He also protested against the con-detention of the British steames and Lolita, Office spokesman, in w with Reuter today, de-at the Ranpura was held up as a matter of routine, in to verify its nationality"— guerillas had been responsible for the explosion which, they hoped. would cause the death of the Japanese soldiers believed to have been inside the building, used as an arsenal by the Chinese troops, prior to the Japanese occupation of Nantao.
It was also learned that no Japanese soldiers or civilians were in the building at the time, although other sources state that a number of Japanese were also killed in the mishap.
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