THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 26, 1938.
ECONOMIC
AGAINST
ALLIANCE
JAPAN
Pare
International Labour Groups Urging Action
Mr. Clement Attlee
Heads Delegation
To Premier
London, To-day.
The Prime Minister yesterday received a deputa- tion from the National Council of Labour, re- presenting the Trades Union Congress, and the national executive committees of the Labour
· Party and the Parliamentary Labour Party. Mr. Clement Attlee, heading the deputation, stated the views of organised British Labour regard- ing the course the Government should take in relation to "Japan's aggression in China."
A communique is probably being stantial loan. issued later-Reuter.
The Japanese Corporation for Miami (Florida), To-day. Foreign Trade, registered in Man- The executive council of the chukuo, and the Heavy Industries American Federation of Labour, Development Corporation of Japan now in session here, yesterday re- has despatched émissaries to jected a proposal to join Labour Europe and the United States to groups in Great Britain, France, seek credits. Reuter. Switzerland, Sweden, Russia and the Netherlands in an economic al- liance against Japan.
BOYCOTT DECISION
The council, however, deplored the "aggressive and indefensible uncivilised warfare being carried
CREDIT EMBARGO SUGGESTED
NEW BOAT RUMOURS OF
FOR LIGHT BLUES
London, To-day, Cambridge University are build- ing a new boat for the Boat Race in Aprilia De
The Dark Blues, however, ap- pear to be satisfied with the boat which won the Race last year, as they are not building a new craft.
-Reuter.
and the speakers were Sir Walter
Citrine, Mr. George Dallas and Mr. Noel Baker, who, after referring to the resolutions passed by the La- bour Party, the Trade Union Con- gress and the International Labour movement urged that the British Government should take the lead in effective concerted action by the Powers especially concerned with the object of bringing the conflict to an end.
The speakers referred to the pro- hibition of loans and credits, an embargo on imports and exports of war materials in this connection.
PREMIER'S REPLY
The official communique states that in the course of his reply, Mr. Chamberlain discussed the views held as to the recent course of events in China and also the sug- gestions made by the deputation
British
TROUBLE ON
U.S. STEAMER
San Francisco, To-day. There is no labour trouble on board the steamer "Federal," ac- cording to the General Steamship Corporation, the agents.
* The vessel is loading scrap-iron for Japan, and the fact that a new
crew is being sought, led to water- front rumours that the men may refuse to sail on Thursday.
At present, however, they continuing work.-Reuter.
are
CHINESE RAID ON SOOCHOW
Shanghai, To-day. Several Chinese planes appeared in the vicinity of Soochow yester- day afternoon and bombed Japanese military posts on the outskirts of the town. Our Own Correspondent.
SUBSTITUTE FOR OTTAWA
The Prime Minister, who was on by Japan," and expressed will- accompanied by Lord Cranborne, and explained, in detail, the very
London, To-day, îngness to employ the anti-Japanese received yesterday a deputation close way in which His Majesty's boycott voted at the last Feder from the National Council of La Government are following develop-
Negotiations between representa→ ation. conference-Reuter.
bour, which laid before Mr. Cham-ments in the situation.
tives of the Government of India and Capetown, To-day.
officials of the Board of Trade with berlain the Council's views upon the Wireless. Propaganda work to achieve a situation in the Far East resulting
a view to a new Anglo-Indian boycott of Japanese goods in the from the con.lict between China The P. and O. s.s. "Burdwan" left Trade Agreement to take the place Union of South Africa, is being and Japan.
be Shanghai on the 25th instant and of the Ottawa Agreement will
British ́actively carried on by the Feder-
The deputation was introduced is due here on the 28th instant at resumed on Thursday. ation of Labour Unions.
by Mr. Attlee, Opposition Leader, about 6 a.m.
Wireless,
Repeated representations : have been made to the Union · Govern- ment by the South African Trades Labour Council with a view to pre- venting sale of Japanese goods. bearing 'no indication of the coun- try of origin.-Reuter.
BOYCOTT ESSENTIAL
CHINA INCIDENT OUTSIDE SCOPE OF LAWS OF WAR
New York To-day Mr. Hirota On
boycott is essential to defest Japan in her cruel, inhuman and indefensible attack on a peaceful people," stated Senator Norris, of Nebraska, yesterday.
Japanese Policy:
The Senator pointed out that War Declaration
America's import of silk from Ja- pan last year was nearly £20,000,- 000.-Renter...
JAPAN SEEKING CREDITS
London, To-day.
A new drive on the part of the Japanese to secure fresh foreign credita for indirect use in the China war, is mentioned by the "News Chronicle, which points out that Japan apparently has abandoned hope of a direct State loan either from England or the United States.
BARON SONODA CRITICISED
London, To-day.
The anti-British speech deliver- ed in the House of Peers by Baron
ticised by the evening newspapers
Sonoda yesterday is severely Tokyo, To-day.
here which see in it a new Japan- ese threat to England calculated to
worsen the relations between two countries.
the
The question of the eventual declaration of war by Japan on China was discussed in the House of Peers yesterday by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, who declared that the present situation in the Far East did not fall within the scope of the laws of war as defined by inter-Hirota, last week, the situation had national law although there was no doubt that Trans-Ocean. a war on a large scale existed.
Since the conciliatory speech the Foreign Minister. Mr. Koki
shown`a tendency to improve.
Japan, however, differentiated, had hitherto refrained from de- LORD LINLITHGOW
between the Central Chinese Gov- claring war on China, The Japanese Government's new fornment and the Chinese nation. Mr. Hirota concluded by saying move is to use private trading Should Japan declare war on China that even taking into consideration companies AS a. screen behind certain rules relating to neutrality
rality the peculiar situation in the Far which to obtain foreign credits.
East it was the duty of the Japan- and affecting third parties would For instance, the South Man-
ese Government to carefully watch churian Railway is negotiating in automatically come into force and the attitude of those Powers who Switzerland with Credit Suisse and it was in consideration of her own still continued to supply arms and other banking concerns for a sub- international relations that van munitions to China
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CONCLUDES TOUR
New Delhi, To-day. The Viceroy of India and Lady Linlithgow returned by air to New Delhi yesterday from Hydrahabad.
They had been on a six tour of India. Reuter