Canton, June 29.
Japanese consular authorities here today decided fully to support the attitude of the Japanese naval authorities "in Swatow whereby the harbour has been placed on a "restricted basis."
This followed the arrival here yesterday afternoon of Mr. Tadahsia Matsudaira, acting Japanese Consul-General in Swatow, who flew here to report on conditions in the eastern Kwangtung port to Mr. Katsuo Okazaki, Japanese Consul-General here. Following a prolonged conversation, the two officials were Understood to have made a detailed {Joint report on conditions in Swatow to the Foreign Office in Tokyo.
'Under present Japanese restrictions, Jonly one' British vessel will be per-milled to enter Swatow each week discharge foodstuffs and mail destined for the foreign colony in the port. Attempts of the British Butter~ held & Swire Company to work cargo have been met by the Japanese authorities with "isolation" measures whereby contact between the British wharves and the city was cut off by the setting up of barbed wire barricades, ish "Interference"
British representations against this faction have been met with the reply that conditions in Swatow at present did not allow free and unrestricted facees to harbour facilities.
Strong resentment was voiced in Japanese oficial circles here and in 'Swatow towards the attitude of the British authorities who permitted their vessels to move in and out of the harbour while Japanese military operations against' Swatow were under way on June 21. This was construeed by the Japanese authorities fas an attempt to interfere with the success of the Japanese operations.
The continued sale of tickets to Chinese intending to go to Swatow by British firms in Hongkong was regarded here as a deliberate attempt fo ignore the Japanese "restrictive Third Party Neutral Zone at Foochow Shanghai, July 4.
The boom across the Min River at Foochow had almost been completed, 'a Japanese Navy spokesman revealed fat the press conference yesterday. A portion of the boom would be left open, he added, In order to enable foreign nationals to leave Foochow.
These evacuees were expected to eave today and in addition to this, hho continued, an unofficial zone of refuge had been marked at Nantai, opposite Foochow—the International Settlement of Foochow.
'An understanding had been reached about the neutral zone, he said, and it' meant that there would be no bombing there. Since the distance from Fooshow was very close there was no guarantee that it would be entirely safe, however.
Answering a questioner, he stated that no troops had landed on the mainland at Foochow. As far as his information was concerned there were about 100 foreigners at Foochow.
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