London, Nov. 20.
Arrangements for a shipment of 40,000 tons of coal for the Shanghai Power Company from San Francisco in British vessels have been made, the "Financial Times" learned.
Tonnage was booked in London. The cargo of coal will be handled by five vessels at a freight rate of U.S.$3 per ton.
The coal is destined for the Shanghai Power Company which purchased the coal from the United States Navy which had accumulated an excess supply at San Francisco, the "Financial Times" said.
The "Financial Times" also reported that Shanghai is largely dependent on Calcutta at present for coal supplies.
Shipments of coal from Calcutta to Shanghai thus far during 1938 totalled 150,000 tons compared with only 7,500 iens exported to Shanghai in 1937.
The shipment from San Francisco will be one of the largest American coal exports across the Pacific in many years—United Press. by the government "in due course of time."
Recalling. the "joint front" of England, America and France in connection' with the Yangtze navigation question, the daily "Nichi-Nichi" said England and France may file a joint demarche on the issues raised by the American note of October 6. Such representations would be dealt with in the same spirit as Japan's reply io the United States, diplomatic observers predicted.
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