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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
DISASTER VICTIMS
Pacific Pact Plan CREMATED
Japan's Policy In China
London, To-day. "It has been clear since the provisions of the Washington Treaty expired that a fresh, and if possible, stronger foundation for international re- lations in the Pacific must be found,” declares "The ING ABOUT A HUNDRED Times” in a leading article this morning. GIRL STUDENTS, HAVE "Any project along these lines," the journal continues, "must to a great extent stand or fall by No serious disturbance has the measure to which and the spirit in which Japan
is prepared to co-operate.
TAKEN POSSESSION.
thus far occurred as the authori-
-ties have chosen not to take any drastic action against the students, but the railway sche- dules are being seriously inter- fered with.
SINO-JAPANESE FACTOR
In all, 21 bedies, eighteen of them Japan- ese, have been recovered
Dojima Maru launch ex- in connection with the
plosion disaster.
Cremation ceremonies were
carried out this afternoon, all the
high officials of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha attending.
Recovery of the wreck of the
an ex-
amination of her boiler. The evi-
WIS
Dojima Maru has enabled dence is taken to confirm definitely the belief that the disaster "In this respect, the omens are
caused by 器 boiler explosion, at the moment auspicious.
"A round table at which Japan, though the boiler is to be submitt- "Mr. Sato's speech to the pre- China, and the U.S.S.R. were ami-ed to the expert examination of Mr. jectural governors on May 17 cable neighbours, may not seem to
T. Jackson, the Government was temperate in tone and reiter-day a very likely conversation piece,
Marine Surveyor... The invasion was begun by theated the note of friendship for but it is not to be ruled out as a students in an effort to persuade the railway authorities to give them free passage to Nanking to present eight demands to the Governmen
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Four Inches Of Rain Since Monday Night
Bringing the total rainfall for
Great Britain.
permanent impossibility.
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"China is a vitally interested and important party and would have no sible, the determining factor in
"Yet, given all the goodwill pos- cause to stand aloof if her rights Far Eastern settlement, as Japanese and responsibilities as principal statemen have been more than ready were fully acknowledged, and the to acknowledge of late, is the nature network of non-aggression pacts, to of the relations between the be adequately comprehensive, must great Oriental neighbours in short, presumably include Russia.
the object of Japanese policy in, and towards, China.
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"For British and American opin- ion alike this is the acid test, not
approximately 30 hours to four BRITISH STAKE merely as a matter of sentiment,
inches, 1.95 inches were regis- tered at the Royal Observatory in the 24 hours ended at 10 a.m. to-day. The total for the year is now 18.57 inches as against an average of 16.98 inches. The maximum temperature yester, day was 81 degrees and the minimum last night 79 de- grees.
but the railway refused to take them, so they have retaliated by taking possession of the railway station.
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BLUE EXPRESS HELD UP
Last evening, the students bc- cupied the Shanghai-bound Blue Express, which was due to leave. Peiping at 5.55 p.m. and they re- mained in occupation all night, the train failing to leave. Whe
This morning, they boarded the Peiping Pukow train due to leave at 3 am, which was also thereby held up,
IN CHINA
WARNING BY MR. CHANG SU-LEE
LONDON, TO-DAY. “BRITAIN'S COMMERCIAL POSITION IN THE FAR EAST IS MORE BOUND TO THE FATE OF CHINA'S. EXIST- ENCE AS A NATION THAN TO JAPAN, WHO HAS BEEN PURSUING A POLICY OF PRO- GRESSIVE SUBJECTION OF CHINA AND, WITH IT, ULTI- MATE ABOLITION OF TRAD ING PRIVILEGES OF ALL FRIENDLY NATIONS:"
So says the Warden of the Chinese Institute, Mr. Chang Su-lee, in a letter to The Times" this morning.
"What is vitally at stake now," he continues, “is not only the jeo- pardy of traders' opportunities but any chance to trade at all in China..
"The more China's undeniable NO INTERFERENCE
claim to her territory and its con- Police are standing by but have trol politically and economically not yet interfered with the stu- comes
to the
British mind, the dents, whose eight demands which greater are the chances of preser- they wish to present to the National" ving those interests in China which Government, included the retention are so dear to the British heart, of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang as "Apart from this basis, no un- Chancellor of the North-Eastern derstanding between Japan and -University, to which they all be- Great Britain can contribute to the long, the abandonment of the plan stabilisation of international rela- to remove the institution to Kaifeng tions in Asia or add any security and the restoration of Nanking's to present British interests," monthly grant of $25,0 euter Reuter.
powerful as that is, but because it would in practice be impossible to devise such a system as Mr. J. A. Lyons (the Australian Premier) propounded, unless it were such as to re-establish mutual confidence be- tween China and Japan."--Reuter.
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A huge hole was torn in one side of the boiler, with the rag- ged edges thrust outwards. The interior-tubes were not buret. The body of the engineer was found in the reck of the launch.
Search for others missing, eleven- or twelve, is continuing, but many of the bodies of these victims will probably never be found or identi- fiable.
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