Tokyo, May 9.
Acting under instructions from the Japanese Foreign Office Mr. Sotoji Saito, Japanese Consul-General at Batavia, today filed a protest with the Government of the Netherlands East Indies against its alleged strengthening of control over the importation of Japanese chinaware, it was learned here.
Fearing the extention of the European conflict to the Netherlands, the Batavia government has been making efforts to increase its exchange fund by exercising more rigid control over its foreign trade and restricting the importation of unnecessary goods, observers Here pointed out—Domei.
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