London Recognition With" held from Japanese Action U.S. Neutrality Act May Be-
Invoked as Sequel London, Aug. 27.
The Foreign Office has hitherto not received any official notification of Japan's intention to blockade the South China coast.
As no legal state of war exists, there is no question, it is stated, of the British Government recognizing the blockade any more than in the case of the frequent blockades off the coast of Spain announced by Gen. Francisco Franco, the Spanish Na= tionalist leader.
Great Britain, it is added, will not be affected unless Japan claims the right to stop and search British ships, and this Japan has not so far intimated her intention of doing—
Reuter.
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