Questioned on this point yesterday. Jat the press conference, the naval spokesman stated that the closure was dictated by military necessity. "AE present there were no changes. war-renting any comment on the matter fend, as to the actual date of opening, would be dificult to state.
'The spokesman recalled that at the lime of the foreign press party. visit to Kiukiang, Vice-Admiral Oikawa lad said that the sooner the Gen, [Chieng Kai-shek regime collapsed, the lsconer would the Yangtze be' reopened.
Tokyo Comment Tokyo, Jan, 12.
Commenting on the report of the departure of the s, Kinshan, which failed for Canton" from" Hongkong yesterday, an Admiralty spokesman ther manifestation of the attitude of the Japanese Naval authorities on the spot. They banned general navigation on the" Yangtze ud. Pearl rivers owing 10. strategical necessity but are anxious to dive as great a facility as possible {to nationals of third powers"
The reopening of the Yangtze and Pearl rivers to. fenera) navigation, the spokesman added, is being lett to the discretion of the naval authori-les on the spai, who are expected a lift the ban as carly ax possible, which will be when the danger of mines and remnants of Chinese troops have' been entirely eliminated. Reuter Canton and Japan Tokyo, Jan. 11.
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inkinye Japan and Canton will be stituted on Friday when the Osaka Shosen Kaisha will put the Siekyo Mara on the run, it" was learned here today. One of the two leading shipping firms in Japan, the Osaka Shosen" Kaisha will "place more vowels on the Japan-Canton direct service soon, it was said—Domel, Dinecrons of the Japanese Cotton AMIN Owners' Association in China, a well as managers of various aMlinted ants in Shanghai, Tientsin and 'Peingtao, will meet for w conference in Osaka on January 17. Domet learned. Steps" to cope with the nding allocation of quot by ing' Board of Nori China's cotton crop to mills In Japan, China, and Mtanehoukuo, will be discussed. North China is expected 10 yield 3.300000 piculs ut cotton over mith period extending from 1938, to Aupuist this year,
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