Hankow, June 3.
Last-minute negotiations are at present going on in Hankow between the British and Japanese authorities regarding permits for foreign pas-_ sengers, other than British, to leave for Shanghai tomorrow, The Japanese Consul this afternoon, notified the British Consul that the Japanese authorities would only allow British subjects to travel in the British steamers Suiwo and Wulln, which are scheduled to leave for Shanghai at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The Japanese are demanding that each passenger obtain an individual Japanese permit to leave Hankow. The ships are carrying only foreign passengers.
The British authorities are resist: ing this order, maintaining that a "blanket" permit is adequate.
The notification affects American, French, German and Russian mar tionals including the American Vicé- Consul, the French Vice-Consul and French naval offcersi—Reuter.
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