Japanese lo Establish Uheir Identity Foreign merchantmen, especially those bearing Chinese names, may be hailed by Japanese men-of-war to ascertain their identity, a spokesman. for the Japanese Embassy announced yesterday afternoon, This contingency, he said, would arise as a result of the possibility that Chinese ships would attempt to run the Japanese blockade "camouflaged as foreign ships."
The spokesman expressed the hope that foreign shipowners would communicate to the Japanese naval or consular authorities the movement of their, vessels in and out of China ports, except Tsingtao.
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