THE BURMA ROAD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 180, 2 August 1940, Page 5

THE BURMA ROAD

JAPANESE INSPECTION , NO RIGHTS GRANTED. LONDON. July 31. . | The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs was asked in the House of Commons this afternoon what _ rights had been granted to Japan to inspect traffic on the Burma road, and how 1 many persons were included in the 1 Japanese diplomatic and consular 3 staffs in Burma. Mr. Butler said that the recent ■ Anglo-Japanese agrement did not 1 give the Japanese authorities any f right of inspection. There is no diplo--3 matic staff in Burma, and the only '■ Japanese consulate at Rangoon had a ■ staff of'the consul, two Japanese cduns sellers, two Japanese clerks, and one Burman and one Indian. There had P been no increase recently, and the - Government had no intention of any a intended increase. In reply to a further question, Mr. e Butler said he understood that certain o information would be issued about t traffic on the road. It may be recalled that the Japanese have set up an inspectorate in French Indo-China to see that no arms reach China on that route.

INCIDENT IN SHANGHAI I BOMB FOUND UNDER PRESSES OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPER : Received Aug. 2, 11.55 p.m. SHANGHAI, Aug. 1. A Russian member of the French Concession police, who was armed with a tommy-gun and detailed to guard the American Shanghai Evening Post, disappeared, after which an un exploded bomb was found under the Post presses. It is not known whether the Prussian placed the bomb there'or I bombers kidnapped the Russian.