PORTUGAL PROTESTS
JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF IJACAO CLASH WITH LOCAL POLICE Press Association—By Telegraph-^^opyrlgii LISBON, April 30. (Received MAS 1 I> 4b 10.35 a.m.) It is officially stated that a clasS occurred at Macao between Japanese troops and the local police after the Japanese had occupied the islr.qd, the ownership of which has long been disputed between Portugal and -China. Portugal is protesting to Japan. PMacao, which. is about 10 square miles in area, lies at the southern extremity of the Canton River delta, 40 miles south-west of Hongkong. The Portuguese settled there in 1557. ; It. , has a population of 157,000.] ' <
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Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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100PORTUGAL PROTESTS Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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