Paris, Feb. 22.
Franco-Japanese relations wer rendered increasingly more tense by the fourth bombing of the French-owned Yunnan Railway, the President, M. Albert Lebrun, told the Council of Ministers yesterday.
in reporting on the Frencn diplomatic and military - situations, - M. Lebrun said the third and rourtb Japanese raids on the railway were especially destructive. They destroyed metallic bridges and interrupted traffic on the railway, he declared.
The French Ambassador to Japan, the President revealed, made a third, and even more bitter protest to Japan, despite the fact that Tokyo has not replied to the first two protests.
Meanwhile, the "Agence Radio" published an officially inspired commentary emphasizing that Japan has decided to postpone the reopening of the Yangtze and may delay until the new "Central Government," under Wang Ching-wei, leader of the rump (Kuomintang, is ready for installation at Nanking... Thus, Wang would be given an early opportunity to win the good graces of the big powers and political bargaining material to win recognition, the article said.
The "Agence Radio" however, pointed out that a Sino-Jepanese shipping company was preparing to start a river service for passengers and freight under the Chinese fag February 26.—United Press.
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