In connection with the stopping of the s, Kingyuan, it may be recalled that the Japanese gendarmes inter fered in the loading of this ship, Prior to this voyage, when some 30,000 nickel and copper ingots were being loaded for shipping outport The Japanese authorities claimed fon February 25 the ingots in question, 5 a property of the National Gov: ernment of China which they longer recognise, and whose property they claim on behalf of the newly formed "Reformed Government." The French authorities, in whose territory the goods are stored, did not permit the seizure to take place. "Tt Is said that an understanding was reached.
the effect that the disputed ingots Were {o remain on. the concession, unt "the controversy is finally settled, When it was learned that the ingots were loaded into the s. Kingyuan for shipping outport, the Japanese authorities stopped the loading and Fequested the French authorities to prevent the removal of the metal French Police arrived on the scene and ordered that the ingots be. turned to the godown, which was Immediately complied with, and the Japanese left the French Bund,
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