Questioned regarding the conditions on the Yunnan Railway, bombed by Japanese naval aircraft several times in February, Rear-Admiral Kanazawa said he understood that traffic was being maintained by means of shuttle trains plying be-
Warships of belligerent Powers, including. the British, today were advised by Reer-Admiral Masao Kanazawa, spokesman for the Navy Ministry, to give Japan a wide berth.
The operation of such vessels near Japanese territorial waters, he stated, was "extremely undesirable" in that it "only serves to stimulate Japanese sentiment." The spokesman indicated that such matters should be considered not only from the legal angle but also from the political and sentimental viewpoints.
The extension of the European war to the Far East "is the last thing in the world the Japanese Navy desir Rear-Admiral Kanazawa repeated in reply to a question on Japan's reaction to a reported Anglo-French plan to establish a contraband control cordon, possibly near Vladivostok, to prevent war materials from reaching Germany by way of Soviet Russia—Domei.
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