Tokyo, Jan. 31.
The Japanese authorities have been trying to give British subjects in the 'Tientsin area as much freedom as Possible since the lifting of the Blockade, but it must be considered that large-scale military operations are still going on In China, said the deputy spokesman of the' Informa. ion Board today.
This statement was made when he was questioned regarding a London message that a question had been asked in the British House of Commons as to whether the situation in the British Concession" at Tientsin was now satisfactory and whether [British subjects were able to pass into the Concession and the adjacent occupied area without interferences. The question "had been answered negatively by the Foreign Under-'Secretary, Mr. R. A. Butler—Reuter.
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