IPLOMATIC representatives Tokyo, Nov. 8. of third Powers were notified yesterday by Mr. Hachiro Arita, the Foreign Minister, that the zones of hostilities in China will be enlarged in the future and that consequently adequate measures should be taken to safeguard the lives and property of their nationals in those areas.
The new Foreign Minister received the Ambassadors for the first time since he assumed the portfolio.
Zones of hostilities will further be extended in Shensi, Hupeh, Hunan and Kwangsi provinces, Mr. Arita stated. Chinese military establishments in these areas will be attacked by Japanese aeroplanes, he warned.
Measures should be taken, the Foreign Minister requested, to prohibit flights of aeroplanes of third Powers or their nationals in the new zones of hostilities. An area embracing Suchow, Patung and Tali was mentioned by Mr. Arita as a specific zone where aerial operations wil] be carried out, Chinese military authorities are using for military purposes civilian planes manufactured in foreign coun-wies, the Foreign Minister said.
If third Power nationals travel in
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