Measures ior the closure of various south China harbours by the Japanese navy will react upon the Kulangsu question, Vice-Admiral Nobutake Kondo, _Commander-in-Ciilef of the Japanese naval forces in south China predicted here yesterday, The altered situation, arising from the blockading of various ports, he iți continued, was likely to bring about a change in the attitude of the Officials of the Xulangsu Municipal Council, the administrative, body of the Amoy International Settlement, Negotiations for increased Japanese participation in the affairs of the Council between Mr. Goro Uchida, Japanese Consul-Gerérdl, and the Council are now. deadlocked.
Vice-Admiral Kondo expressed his satisfaction at the progress made by the Japanese naval forces in closing the various ports of entry of goods destined to the forces of Gen. Chiang The cutting-off at the seaboard end of these routes of supply, the Japanese admiral said, did not signify that the naval operations against the national regime had been brought to an end.
Patrols along the coast, Vice-Admiral Kondo declared, would be strengthened. The Japanese naval authorities, he added, would firmly pursue their "established poli After landing here yesterday, Vice-Admiral KoHido contered with Mr. Uchida, Consul-General, and Captain Chuichi Hara, director of the Amoy Liaison Office of the Asia Development Board—Domei.
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