Tientsin, July 5.
The Jupanese Consul-General. Mr. Shigenori Tashiro, today replied to the note sent him'on June 21 by Mr. John Caldwell, American Consul-General, reiterating that the Japanese authorities would do their utmost hot to inconvenience Americans.
Mr. Caldwell, in his note, listed a summary of complaints by American businessmen of inconvenience and financial losses suffered by them as 'a result of the Japanese blockade.
The Japanese—Consul-General pointed out in his reply that the Japanese" authorities had issued special permits for moving all Ameri can cargo through the barriers. He said the permits could be obtained the American Consulate on application.
He also renewed Japanese assurances that everything possible would bbe done to protect Americans from suffering from inconveniences—United Press.
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