Jokyo, June 1.
The Kulangsu affair had now been taken up at Amoy by the diplomats of the nations concerned, declared the spokesman of the Japanese Admiralty in reply to questions today.
He did not think that the matter was being discussed at Shanghai by the naval commanders of Great Britain, the United States, France and Japan.
ste garding the ban on Chinese junk traffic between Kulangsu and the mainland, the spokesman pointed out that the ban was primarily designed to stop the transport of arms and ammunition and! the smuggling of lawless elements from the mainland to Kulangsu.
The Japanese navy, he asserted, had no intention to cause inconvenience to the inhabitants of Kulangsu and, therefore, the Japanese naval authorities on the spot had arranged to supply Kulangsu with its daily necessities from Amoy-—Reuter. - D
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