JAPANESE REPLY TO POWERS
“DOES NOT SHARE VIEWS ON CHINA”
(Received February 6, 7.40 p.m.) ’TOKYO, February 5.
It is understood that the Japanese Foreign Office is submitting to the Cabinet a draft reply to the recent protest by Britain, France and the United States. The reply says that Japan does not share their views about the position in China and is of the opinion that an international conference will not contribute to a solution of the problem. The Tsingtao correspondent of the Domei news agency reports that after the Japanese seized the tramp steamer Yungsheng on suspicion of not declaring a quantity of currency and silver bullion intended for the Chinese the British cruiser Birmingham arrived, landed an armed party and confiscated the Yungsheng’s papers to prevent the investigation, and would not allow Customs officers to board the Birmingham. The Japanese also seized two Norwegian steamers.
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Southland Times, Issue 23736, 7 February 1939, Page 7
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