HIGH-HANDED ACTION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1939, Page 7

HIGH-HANDED ACTION

THE JAPANESE BLOCKADE POSITION AT KULANGSU. SHIPS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN PERMITS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, May 26. The “Daily Telegraph’s” I long Kong correspondent says I he -Japanese coinniander-in-chief. Admiral Kondo, notified the Powers by proclamation of a -Japanese blockade. of Knlangsii. “As a precaution against the secretentry of irrugulars to Kulangsu, all ships, excepting those possessing Japanese naval permits, are forbidden to arrive or depart," he stated. "Offenders against the prohibition will be strictly punished." The immediate result of the Kulangsu blockade, which became effective at 5 p.m. yesterday, will be a serious food shortage in the international settlement as all supplies from the mainland have now completely ceased. OFFICIALS CONSULT AMBASSADOR AND NAVAL COMMANDER. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. May 25. The British Ambassador. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, left Hong Kong for Amoy to consult with the British Naval Commander-in-Chief. Sir Percy Noble, but it is stated that no special significance can be attached to the Ambassador’s visit. Sir Archibald will go on to Shanghai, arriving there on Monday. JAPANESE FINANCE. EXPENDITURE SHOWS HEAVY INCREASE. X By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. TOKIO. May'26. Net figures for the national expendi • ture in all budgets for 1939-40 total £750 000,000, an increase of about £100,000,000 compared with , the previous year. The total includes £270,000.000 of a special military budget. SERIOUS VIEW STOPPING OF THE LINER RANPURA. STRONG PROTEST ADDRESSED TO JAPAN. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, May 26. The Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr R. A. Butler, in the House of Commons said a protest in the strongest terms had been sent to Japan against the stopping of the Ranpura. Further steps were being considered to protect British shipping. “The Government takes a most serious' view of the incident,” he added.