Warships Allowed To Pass Yangtze Yangtze patrol war vessels of third party Powers, "bottled up" between Wuhu and Yochow since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities sixteen months ago may soon visit Shanghai, Facilities for the passage of the seven French, British. and American gunboats from points up-river Shanghai will be extended by the Japanese naval authorities should, Fequests to that effect be made by. the officials concerned, Japanese naval authorities in Shanghai revealed yesterday.
The Japanese willingness to permit such a movement was conveyed to the senior American, British, and French naval officers in Shanghai in a note addressed them by. Vice-Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, commander-in-chief of the Japanese China Seas Fleet, on Nov. 29, it was disclosed.
One round trip will be allowed each vessel, or "if necessary, one down trip by one ship. and one up-river journey by another of the same nationality will be. sanctioned. Certain unrevealed conditions were understood to have been stipulated Fegarding the movements of those vessels,
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