CO129-579-7 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 4-1-1939 - 9-6-1939 — Page 68

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Pour endeavours to reopen the orl iv.r to true it feels bound

to point out that the restricciona in É. about which the Jepɛnese

ompl ning ere restriction. which re towed alike on ritish

traling vasels and on those of all foreign states having business

here. 11 we ask in the Part iv r is to exere no of normal and

treaty rights n while we are fully prepared to allow in B.. ny

slete to exercise its normal and customary ri hts, we cannot be

expected to rent to the Japanese more then their ri hts her in

exchen; e for less than our ri. hts there.

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in international 1 w even men of var and a fortiori

ve:cels on love roment obertar dɑ not do what they like in

They are xpec na to comply vɔlunt@rily with the

foreia **.ur

of the littoral atesa with regard to erier in porta, plans

for casting ancho

sanisation and quarantine, cu toms and the like"

(sec Oppenheims Intema ional at, 4th

4.

2. 576)

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Ginances seven an

4 of 1936 ent

with the International Janitery Convention 1928 and have the

approval of the Ministry of Health in n lni. The impor ation

into the colony of exogo which la not entered on the ship's mani-

fuet has been prohibited since 1983 (o zinance 14 of 1983 and

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notification 775 of 1938) and 1: aimed at the prevention of smugg-

ling by ship's crews.

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