One Ship May Supply Needs Of Shameen Concessions Canton, Feb. 5.
Prior to a general reopening of the Pearl River, no vessels of any nationality, except Japanese warships and military transports and foreign gunboats, will be allowed to navigate the waterway, declared Mr. Okazaki, the Japanese Consul-General here, in an interview with Reuter today, He denied the reported conclusion of an agreement between the British and Japanese Consul-General at Canton.
The Japanese authorities, however, he added, in order not to inconvenience the foreigners at Shameen, have made known their willingness to permit a British ship to bring neces-ties to Canton from time to time.
—Reuter.
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