120,000 Tons Said to Be On the Way Tokyo, Jan. 13.
Transit of arms and ammunition London, Jan. 13. through Burma to Yunnan is on the increase sinde the conclusion of con-
As a result of an examination of tracts with Britain for a £10,000,000 the circumstances of the attack on the British steamer Marionga, on December 29, the British Government has lodged a protest with the Spanish Nationalist authorities, together with a request that the incident should be fully inquired into.
The Marionga was attacked by machine-gun fire from an aeroplane and later the same day a bomb was dropped near the vessel. No damage was done either to the crew or the ship. The steamer was at the time ound from Oran to Barcelona, carrying coal. sterling loan, according to information from reliable quarters reaching here today.
British supplies totalled 60,000 tons during a two-month period in November and December, while additional shipments of 60,000 tons are en route to the Chiang Kai-shek regime at the present time, it was reported.
The Rangoon branch of the Bank of China is acting as financial agent for the arms transactions, the report British Waters Violated British territorial waters were violated by the forces of the Spanish Nationalists during the engagement on December 30 off Gibraltar, as a result of which the Spanish Republican destroyer, Jose Luiz Chez, was beached. The British Government, therefore, has sent a strong protest to General Franco. In addition, damage was done on land by shells fired from Nationalist ships, and the British Gov-sinment has reserved the right to laun compensation.
The eventual fate of the Spanish Republican destroyer Jose Luiz Chez, which has been detained in Gibraltar after the engagement with Nationalist warships, has not yet been decided. The presence in Gibraltar of the Republican destroyer, whose case is without precedent, is not without its embarrassments to the authorities. She is being detained because her owners were unable to remove her within the time specified' for her stay. There is little doubt that the British authorities would like to be rid of her, but there is no likelihood of the vessel being removed for some time yet.
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