THE CHINA MAIL DECEMBER 1987
VIOLENT ANTI-BRITISH
SPEECHES
IN SHANGHAI
Japanese Residents Organise Mass Meeting
“OUTRAGEOUS
-AMERICANS REPUBLICAN
FLAG INCIDENT" TO LEAVE
MR. E, T. MAITLAND'S
STATEMENT
Shanghai, To-day.
Japanese residents in Shanghai held a mass meeting yesterday in connection with the flag in- cident during the Japanese victory parade on Dec. 3, and passed a resolution requesting the Japanese Government to "assume a determined stand and take all measures necessary to secure consideration of the incident by the British Government and peo- ple, by impressing upon them the outrageous na- ture of the affair, which is uncondonable.”
NANKING
Nanking To-day. American subject in Nanking have received notification from the United States consulate warning them to prepare to evacuate at short notice, possibly to-day.---- Reuter.
FRANCO-POLISH FRIENDSHIP
Warsaw, To-day.
The cordial nature of Franco- Polish relations found expression in
Speaking at the mass meeting, Mr. Amano, toasts exchanged by the Foreign President of the Japanese Residents Corporation, Ministers of the two countries at a solemnly contended that the flag incident was clear dinner given by Col. Joseph Beck indication of Britain's pro-Chinese and anti-Japan-in honour of M. Yvon Delbos ese attitude.
CONFIDENCE IN SPAIN
Paris, To-day
The President of the former Bas- que Bepublic, Senor Aguirre, pass ed through Perpignan, in the tern Pyrenees, on Saturday way to Barcelona.
his
cheerful
Senor Aguirre made a statement to reporters, saying that the Spanish Republic had made great progress in the last year through disciplining itself, and that morale, both on the home front and in the trenches, was extremely high Trans-Ocean.
GOVERNMENT CHANGES
Barcelona, To-day. Further changes are shortly Col Beck said that the visit of pected in the Spanish Government. M Delbos confirmed the success of Yesterday, Ministers held long conversations with the Premier,
All speeches made at the meeting were violent-co-operation between the two na- ly anti-British.
Meanwhile, Mr. E. T. Maitland, the middle-aged British lawyer who snatched a Japanese flag and broke the stick during the parade, has made a statement to the effect that he was watching the parade when "suddenly á Japanese civilian viol- eatly pushed into my face a Japan-
Wave ese flag and shouted flag
the
"When I attempted to avoid his effort, he persisted, at the same time pushing his face unpleasant- ly near my own.
"He then thrust the flag into my hand, whereupon I broke the frail
stick.
*RESCUED BY POLICE
ISHII IN EUROPE
"ON PURELY
PRIVATE VISIT"
Paris, To-day.
tions, each of which necessarily had its own interests to defend.
M. Delbos, in reply, stressed that the permanent value of the Franco- Polish alliance had been proved.
Development of Franco-Polish re- lations was characterised by daily
who also saw opposition party leaders. Trans-Ocean
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nereasing mutual understanding, CURRENCY TALKS
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but the solidarity between the two countries was by no means exclusive as regarded other nations. Trans- Ocean.
The P. and O. ss. Rawalpindi" Viscount Ishi, Japan's envoy to left Singapore on the 4th instant
Berlin, To-day- Negotiations with a view to settle- ment of commercial payments be tween Germany and the Netherlands for 1938, have been interrupted.
The negotiations, however, will be
Europe, arrived here from Rome and is due here on the 9th instant resumed in Berlin to morow.
yesterday and is going on to London to-day.
Interviewed by Reuter, Vis- "Japanese civilians created a com-count Ishii said he hoped to see motion, and other-Japanese congre Mr. Anthony Eden, with whom gated about me and punched me he would discuss the Far East about the face and body, with the ern situation.
result that I now, for the first time While in Rome, he saw Signor in my life, am the possessor of a beautiful blue, black, green and pink Mussolini
say the out it was untrue to
eye.
hesion
Mr. Maitland described how was rescued by a British police offi cer and taken to the police station, where he was kept in the private quarters for safety, as a number of Japanese tried to reach him- Renter.
GERMAN CHURCH POLICY
Berlin, To-day.
The German Government does not intend to modify its ecclesiastical
he was on a special mis-
“PRIVATE” VISIT
He added: “I am on a purely private visit but an naturally tak- ling the opportunity to discuss the Sino-Japanese conflict wit Euro- pean-statesmen.
"This question was tonched on
with during my interview
gnor Mussolini, but we nothing should be ma
HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT
Viscount Ishii said
policy, in spite of attacks made on nothing of German and this policy in foreign countries, de-mediation in the Far East, but he clared the Minister for Church certainly hoped it might be por Affairs, Dr. Kerri, to an interviewersible to reach a settlement soon. yesterday.
There was no question of Japa Germany, he said, was determin-carrying out any imperial sche ed to adhere to the principle of up-and there was no danger th holding freedom of all religious con-war party in Japan would get fessions, provided the latter did not much power, but the Cor jeopardise the safety of the State perit was very
The Government was inspired by might wish for peaceful co-operation with patience was
rions bodies. Trans Ocean propaganda
pan Re
at about 6 am
Trans-Ocean.
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