Tokyo, Mar. 2.
Strong dissatisfaction with the failure of the Government-General of Hongkong to reply to a Japanese request for the suppression of Chinese papers engaged in anti-Japanese pro-Paganda, is expressed here.
On receipt to reports that a number of prominent Chinese newspapers received permission to issue Hongkong editions, the Japanese Government instructed their Consul-General, Mr. Toyoichi "Nakamura, to ask the authorities of the Colony to withdraw the permits.
In his demarche Mr. Nakamura pointed out that the publication of anti-Japanese propaganda by these newspapers might eventually harm the friendly relations between Japan and Great Britain. No reply to the communication has yet been received.
Included among the dailies which planned to invade the newspaper field in Hongkong were the "Ta Kung the "Shen Pao," the "Chung-Pao," and the "Chiumao Jih Pao," a Leftist journal.
The "Ta Kung Pao," once China's leading liberal daily, to-day has its headquarters in Hankow, after closing its doors in Tientsin and Shanghai, following the occupation of these cities by Japanese troops. The "Shun Pao," formerly published in Shanghai, until last year had the greatest circulation of any daily in China.—
Domei.
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