CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940 — Page 64

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Canton 17th april, 1940

(please see

Encl. No. 2 in Canton

Dear Sir Frederick,

1.

Reme ns of fear) Biver

Restrictions on Iuvorta. Ex outs. eto.

article 3 of the a pendix to the memorandum a pended

to my 103 No. 82 of 19th April 1940 renda as follo s:

"The goods, mich are or will be prohibited or restricted by the Chinese Authorities or Jap- anese Porces, shall not, si hout the permi t lagued by the Authorities concerned, be loaded on or unlonded from such veanelu”.

have now received, in a despatch (No. 80) from

the puppet "Buperintendent of Customs" full details of the

restrictions shich the "Chinese Authorities or Japanese

intend to place on trade. From this despatch ( copy of which,

with translation, is a pended) you will observe that our pre-

of 18/4/1940) sent "it of Contraband,

21 t of Contraband, rohibited and Restricted Articles"

Deap. No. 26

18, z enerally, to continue in force.

You will further observe, however, thrt practically

all the principal artioles of Canton'ı

trude are to be

tricted" an that, before a plying to the Custora, merchants

1

must secure permits from the "Hupe "intendent".

(Before perrni ta

The

are issued, a plications will undoubtedly be scrutinized by

Japanese officials in the "8 perintendent's Office).

"Superintendent) #r. Y.". Lam, informed me verbally that he

would make a charge of N.C..3.00 per application.

Mr. lam sent me a d'aft or a Joint Notifiention

publishing the list of restricted articles and requested me to

affix my seal. On the grounds (1) that ould not properly

seal a ocument containing reference to the wangtung Provincia)

Political Council, and (4) that i did not wish foreign Consular Authorities which my possibly protest the restrictions to

anaume th ́t I had concurred in the new regulations, I declined

to seal the Notification. (for the information of the public,

Bir Frederick Baz0, K.B.E.,

Etc., etc. eta.

BILA:OHAI