He declared that there was no official information confirming the report, but should it be true, the Japanese Government would not be able to "overlook the matter."
The Navy Office spokesman admitted that Dutch patrol boats had once or twice before fired on Japanese fishing vessels, He added, however, that a repetition of such incidents at this juncture when the situation is tense, has an important meaning.
Turning to the question of arms in transit to China from French Indo-China via the Yunnan Railway, the spokesman declared that the arms transit decreased for some time, but it recently has been increasing.
If attempts are kept up to transport war materials to Chunking from French Indo-China, "the Powers concerned must expect another drastic dealing on the part of Japan."—Domei.
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