THE CHINA MAIL NOVEMBER 3, 1937.
NO HARD AND FAST AGENDA FOR BRUSSELS CONFERENCE Italian Delegate's Interview With Tokyo Envoy
JAPAN MAY BE ASKED TO STATE TERMS FOR PEACE
Brussels, To-day.
It is considered impossible to prepare a hard and fast programme for the Nine-Power Treaty Conference on the Sino-Japanese hostilities.
First step will be to discover whether the Jap- anese are prepared to have any dealings with the Conference, also whether they will state on what conditions they are prepared to cease hostilities.
It is also necessary to ascertain the terms on
which the Chinese Government would be prepared
to discuss peace.
When these factors are established, it will be
possible to estimate the chances of a settlement.
CUBAN PLAN FOR ACTION IN SPAIN
Washington, To-day.
The State Department has de clined an invitation from the Ca- han Government to participate in a joint endeavour by all American Republics to establish peace in Spain
The American reply, neverthe-
less, expresses the earnest hope
that a peaceful method of termin ating the strife may be found. Reuter
JAPANESE PLANES OVER TSINGTAO
VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR
ARMY RESERVE
London, To-day-
The War Secretary, Mr. Leslie Hore Belisha, informed the House of Commons yesterday that the Government had decided to make vocation tramming available to the utmost to every soldier before leaving the Colours, and not after- wards, as at present.
Men will receive full military pay and appropriate allowances as soldiers.
At the public session to day (Wednesday) the principal dele gates will make speeches and will probably appeal for conciliation.
Japanese quarters state that thejects of procedure. Belgian Foreign Office has asked "the Japanese Embassy if they pro- All the delegations have consulted planes, flew over Tsingtao yester for six months and will be con-
the with M. Spaak, it being said that day aftemoon. posed to send an observer to Conference. The Ambassador stat the Chinese were "highly satisfied"
Soldiers returning from over- seas will, if necessary,
be per- It was here that Mr. Anthony
mitted to extend their service Tsinanfu, To-day. Eden and Mr. Norman Davis, the
with the Colours and take the According to the military au- chief U. S. delegate, had their first
advantages of these new preliminary conversation on the sub-thorities, for the first time since
courses. hostilities broke out, a Japanese.
The new system is experimenta bomber, escorted by two pursuit
ed in his reply that he did not pose to have any contact with Conference.
BRITAIN'S TREND
tinued if successful.
Beuter
In the next six months, 5,500 The machines flew right over the
men will be trained at dozens of pro-with their talks with the Belgian port in south-westerly direction.
the Foreign Minister.
No bombs were dropped any-centres all over the country. It is said in conference circles where near the port. that Britain is inclined to a com- Just before sunset. Japanese at de- promise solution which would avoid scouting plane flew over, incurring the open enmity of Japan parted after cruising
the town for half an hour. Our Own- Correspondent.
ITALY AND JAPAN The Italian delegate had a long interview with the Japanese Am- bassador yesterday evening.
The Japanese have denied a re- port circulating here that Japan would be willing to consider diation by Britain and the United States.
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KOO'S BROADCAST
Dr. Wellington Koo, the
a broadcast Chinese delegate, in last night, declared that the prin- cipal fact of the situation is the flagrant violation by Japan of the Nine-Power Treaty, which is a viola tion not only as regards China but the other signatories as well- Renter
MUCH GOING
ON BEHIND
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SCENES
Brussels, To-day.
In this connection, it is state ed that London business cir cles are worried over the in- creasing anti-British feeling in Japan.
JAPANESE STATEMENT The Japanese diplomatic repre- sentative in Brussels yesterday is- sued a statement stressing the fin- ality of Tokyo's reply to the Brus- sels invitation.
Although the Japanese diploma- tic representative will be willing to supply the foreign delegations with information, on any points at is sue, there will be no question of Ja- pan being dragged into the discus sions.
BLOCKADE THREAT
A Japanese spokesman says that should sanctions be
tiated, Japan would be
pelled to blockade the "entire
China coast.”
Japan has adequate naval
re-
sources to make such a blockade]
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Although there are still a few entirely effective, he says, and it! hours to go before M. Paul Spaak, would mean the end of foreign "pri- the Belgian Foreign Minister, opens vileges in China.
Pessimism is expressed in some the Nine-Power Conference at 11 o'clock this morning, and the as-quarters at the ability of the con- sembled delegates will be listening ference to achieve anything, as it to the first speaker in the person of is said that several of the Powers Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chinese do not think alike on the question Ambassador in Paris, much has of Japan Trans-Ocean. already happened in the Belgian
capital in the way of furnishing an
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Arrival of the British dele- gation, headed by Mr. Anthony Eden, drew a large crowd to the north station, but the real centre of interest, particularly for the big contingent of foreign dents,
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