Tokyo, Feb. 22. THE French delegation to the Tokyo conference, of mediation in the dispute between Thailand and French Indo-China presented a protest this morning to Mr, Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Secretary, against the presence of the Japanese fleet off the Indo-China coast, The protest emphasized that the delegation could not consent fo negotiate under this threat. It refers to reports that a Japanese [squadron has been cruising in the Gulf of Siam for the past two weeks and has been observed several times recently off the' east coast of the Isthmas of Kra, and is now engaged in patrolling along the limits of Indo-China's territorial waters,—Reuter.
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