Threatened Swatow, July 20.
Appealing to the 2.400000 overseas Chinese, descendants of emigrants from the Swatow and Chaochow areas in Eastern' Kwangtung, spokesman for the Japanese Expeditionary Force this district yesterday urged ther corgperate in "building-a new Promising protection to the rights land property' of these overseas Chinese in Swatow and its vicinity, the spokesman warned that the Japanese Jarmy was, however, determined to fSmete retribution in' order to secure their reconsideration" to. those "per sisting to live in an clusion by assist-
Closure of Ports Hits Amoy Amoy, July 17.
Measures for the closure of various south China harbours the Japanese navy will react upon the Kulangsu_ question, Vice-Admiral Nobutake " Kondo,—Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese naval forces in south China predicted here yes-
'The altered situation, arising from. the blockading of various ports, he continued, was likely to bring about 'a change' in the altitude of the officials' of the Kulangsu Municipal Council, the administrative body of the Amoy International Settlement.
Negotiations for increased Japanese participation in the affairs of the Council between Mr. Goro Uchida, Japanese Consul-General, and the Couneit are now deadlocked, Vice-Admiral Kondo expressed his satisfaction at the progress made by
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