CO129-579-3 Sino-Japanese War- shipping 30-10-1938 - 23-12-1939 — Page 119

COPY.

utterfield & swire

Hong nung hina

and Japan

Sir,

Hong Kong

1st ebru ry, 1939.

119

e have the honour to pass on to you the contents

O a wireless message received by us from our Twangtung", which left here on 16th instant for Ewangchowwan, Hoihow,

akhoi ^nd lai hong, which read

"rived Molhow 180 hours Japanese destroyer sign-lled turn back out of harbour you tre ordered not to come into port proceeded 1325 received signais "you should stop your vessel instently" and "you should anchor" examined 1915 proceeded on voyage Toihow prohibited tu merchant ships without Japanese Consular

lusPance.

WWER. "

Hoihow is a port opened to foreign trade by

"reaty and on it depen considerable ritish commercial interests, including a vabable coolie raific to and from Sing ore, and we feel that the situation envisaged in the wireless message in question calls for strong protest

to the Japanese sortiorities.

Le have written to the Jono oro, koyal laval

Yard in like sense.

e have the honour to be,

sir,

Your obedient servants,

For Fro LUTTER I LO DIE.

The Hon. The Colonial Secretary,

HỨNG KONG.

(Dd.) w.H. Lock.

gents, the China Navigation Co.,

Ltd.