Tientsin, June 9.
Japanese firms with godowns in the British and French Concessions here today ordered a speeding-up of the removal of merchandise stored in their properties in those two areas the Japanese authorities moved to "cut off the British concession from the outside world.
British reports that a 48-hour deadline had been set in a Japanese ultimatum to the local British Consular authorities for the handing over of four Chinese alleged assassins, delivered yesterday, could not be confirmed from official Japanese sources, The Kokusai Unyu Kaisha, principal Japanese transportation firm; the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, and the Kinkai Yusen Kaisha, have nevertheless begun to move goods in their care irom the British and French concessions, They have notified their headquarters in Japan' of the changed situation in order to prevent confusion in the shipment of goods from Japan, while consignees here have been urged to take delivery of their cargo immediately.
Officials of the affected firms estimated that the cargo stored in the British and French concessions amounted to 50,000 tons.—Domei,
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