Tokyo, Jan. 12.
Commenting on the report of the departure of the s, Kinshan, which sailed for Canton from Hongkong y, an Admiralty spokesman said today:—"This is another manifestation of the attitude of the Japanese Naval authorities on the spot. They banned general navigation on the Yangtze and Pearl rivers owing to dire strategical necessity but are anxious to give as great a facility as possible to nationals of third powers."
The reopening of the Yangtze and Pearl rivers to general navigation, the spokesman added, is being left to the discretion of the naval authorities on the spot, who are expected to lift the ban as early as possible, which will be when the danger of mines and remnants of Chinese troops have been entirely eliminated Reuter.
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