The Archive · 1937

"PEACE" BLOCKADE OF

Enigma of War Here Gives Rise to Problem Shanghai, Aug. 2.

In the first "peace-time blockade" Aeclared since 1017 when the Allies Banned native shipping along the Montenegro coast, foreign shiping along the China coast maybe halte by' Japanese. warships patrolling. the proscribed area Thle was indicated by Dr. Jumpel Shinobu, professor. of international ay, Who fs seting us Legal dviso the Japanese Third Fleet opera Ing in Chinese waters, White foreign vessels cannot be seized, "detained, or compelled to change their course, They will be Table to boarding by Japanese naval authorities bent on ascertaining thei true nationality fu ease of doubt.

Chinese. ships operating in the for-hidden zone will be detained. "This Dr, Shinobu said, will apply regard: Jess of whether or not these Chinese shiga carry arms of miliary equp-

"Inasmuch og this is not a wartime bloekede," the expert said fan interview, "we shall be unable"to stop foreign vessels. from "carrying armaments' to China,

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