Third party shipping firms in Shanghai will petition their respective Consulates for representations to be made with Japanese authorities aiming at allowing their steamers to proceed to coastal districts in Chekiang which are not officially bloc! aded by the Japanese ary, states the "National Herald." The report states that already shipping firms have suffered great losses as a result of the Japanese blockade of the Chekiang coast. The recent interference by the Japanese with a German ship at Aou Kong in east Chekiang. which has not been blockaded by the military, forcing it to return to Shanghai, has caused the shipping firm to suffer even greater losses.
Shanghai steamers are said to be still on the run between here and Sungmeng, another east Chekiang port not blockaded. One steamer recently proceeded to that place and returned safely. The same ship left here on Saturday afternoon and w due also to stop at Tsuanshan, Shiushan and Chuanshan, accor to the report. After a German steamer was recently forced to return to Shanghai from Aou Kong, no other Shanghai steamers dared to proceed to that Chekiang district. A British steamer has started a trial run to Fuching in Chekiang and until Saturday no information had reached here regarding its trip, it is stated.
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