Munitions Sent to China By Private Merchants o, June 13. It is true that arms and ammunition are being exported from France to China but the supplies are not being sent by the French Government, which is taking a neutral attitude in the China hostilities, Lieut.-Col, G. Sabattie, Military Attache of the French Embassy in China, declared in a press interview at Shimonoseki this morning.
The arms supplies are being sent.
declared. by French merchants, who have no other intention than to make a great profit from the ex. ports.
Lieut-Col Sabattie arrived in Shimonoseki this morning from China by way of Korea en route to Tokyo, whence he is leaving for France on.a furlough, He said it is dificult to predict when the China hostilities will be ended. He stated that peace and order are being maintained in North China by Japanese forces—Domei.
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