Tokyo to Reject Demarches from Foreign Powers Tokyo, Feb. 2.
Any foreign representations on the issue of Customs tarrifs in China must be lodged with the Chinese local authorities, since it is not a question that concerns Japan, n Gaimusho spokesman told newspapermen to-day, The Customs in Shanghai, he said, are now under the control of the Japanese Army, "which has no intention of interfering with the admin tration of the Chinese Customs," It is, however, only natural for the Japanese Army, he added, to contro! the Chinese Customs.—Any foreign Army, the official said, that would Occupy any part of China "should control all Chinese Government machinery, including the Customs, Domei.
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