Government left Hongkong for Haiphong following the fall of Canton to supervise the transportation of war supplies to China by way of Haiphong, the message stated.
Prevailing high tariffs coupled with an extensive boycott campaign conducted by the Chinese have virtually closed French Indo-China as a market for Japan-made products, according to Mr. Ushio Munemura, until recently Consul-General at Hanoi, who arrived in Kobe yesterday in the Saigon Maru.
Prospects of an appreciable Japanese commercial advance is dependent on a revision of the stiff rates, Four of the scores of Japanese residents of Hanoi have been given orders to leave the city, he stated. Shipments of British-made arms and ammunition have passed through "Hanoi to China since the fall of Canton, Mr. Munemura said—Domei, Close Watch on Geisha Maintained By Police Geisha girls, waitresses, dance hostesses and maidservants coming to Shanghai in increasing numbers from Japan proper, Korea and Manchoukuo are being subjected to close scrutiny by Japanese consular police to determine their exact occupational status in line with new regulations governing the movements of Japanese, the "Shanghai Mainichi" said yesterday.
Drastic action will be taken against Japanese subjects who neglect to register on their arrival here or who are found guilty of giving false statements to the police, the paper said.
Many women entertainers coming Mi here have been trying to deceive the police by giving false information regarding their occupations end residence, the paper stated. If found guilty of falsifying their reports the girls will be fined ¥.3 and those who fail to report to the consular police on their arrival and place of residence will be severely punished.
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