BRITISH PROTESTS TO JAPAN

Southland Times, Issue 23768, 16 March 1939, Page 5

BRITISH PROTESTS TO JAPAN

BOMBING INCIDENT AND TRADE MEASURE (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, March 14. The British Ambassador to Tokyo (Sir Robert Craigie) has made representations to Tokyo about the bombing by the Japanese of Sian, involving the wanton destruction of the English Baptist Mission hospital there. The right to claim compensation has been reserved. Sir Robert is also making representations to Japan about the announcement of the so-called Provisional Government of the Republic of China that, as from March 11, the export of 12 specified commodities, which together account for a high proportion of the export trade of North China, will not be permitted unless the foreign exchange proceeds are sold against the Federal Reserve Bank as constituted on February 1. The representations are being made on the ground that interference is likely to be caused to legitimate British trade interests. The Peiping correspondent of lhe Times says it is semi-officially stated that the export regulations have not yet been fully enforced. A months grace has been granted to export contracts made before March 10. In spite of the ban old currency is circulating at par in Peiping and at a 3 per cent.-premium in Tientsin. ' “PUPPET” DETECTIVES SHOT BY GUERRILLAS LONDON, March 14. The Wei-hai-wei correspondent of The Times reports that guerrillas shot dead the chief of the puppet detective force. Many opium shops, of which Wei-hai-wei has been free for 40 years, have opened since the Japanese occupation. JAPANESE AGAIN BOMB SIAN SHANGHAI, March 14. Eight Japanese squadrons bombed Sian.