Hongkong, July 25.
Japanese authorities in South China today were believed to be planning a blockade of Shameen, foreign settlement in Canton.
The Japanese navy announced that effectively today the Pearl River would be closed to all foreign shipping.
The announcement said the river would be closed "for approximately a fortnight because of military operations on the river delta."
The blockade, it was understood, does not affect the movements of foreign warships at present.
The announcement said the Japanese intend to institute a blockade of Shameen, including the searching of foreigners and Chinese leaving the foreign area—United Press.
German Census Shows Big Increase Berlin, July 25.
The population of Greater Gerk many is 79,730,000, according to the official returns of a census taken last May, in addition to the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which contains 6,800,000 people. It is stated that four-fifths. of the German race now live within the Third Reich. When the Nazis took power, the German population was 65,000,000.—Reuter.
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