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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
LONDON WORRIED
BY JAP. BLOCKADE
Soviet's Interest In The Baltic
Moscow, To-day.
ON the eve of the arri- val of Mr. William Strang, the British For- eign Office expert, "Pravda," the chief or- gan of the Kremlin, com- ments on the negotia- tions for an
Anglo- Franco-Soviet alliance.
Challenge To
TOMMY PRESSES
British Position PANTS UNDER
In The Far East STEAM-ROLLER
London, To-day.
"The Tientsin situation has become more and more ominous," says the "Daily Herald" in a leading article this morning.
"I was on
Sir. I've got six witnesses.
This explanation was given by a British soldier brought before to ex-
"Not only," the newspaper continues, "because of his commanding officer
plain why he was driving a the threatened blockade, but because the Jap- Municipal seam-roller without anese army spokesman is hinting at the rais-authorisation. ing of wider issues than the handing over of heard in a long time," said the four Chinese accused of complicity in terroris- C.O, as he dismissed the man.— tic murders.
The paper again insists that the Baltic States (Latvia, Es-"If thonia and Finland) must accept a Soviet Russian guarantee.
"Pravda" argues that preser- vation of the neutrality Batic States is of vital interest for the safety of the Soviet
Union.
of the
the Japanese are intent, not on trying these men, but on undermining and destroying the status of the International Settlement itself, then the challenge becomes one involving the whole position in the Far East.'
By the Japanese bockade of establishment of "face" at the It contends that the Baltic the British and French Conces-expense of a third Power. States need a tri-partite guar-sions another stroke has been de- Unpleasant (tragic in some in- antee because they could not re-livered to British trade in the stances) as have been recent sist aggression.
Far East, and another provoca- anti-British activities, they are NAZI INFLUENCE
tion has been added to the long a sign of Japanese weakness The newspaper attacks the list of anti-British moves by Jap- rather than strength, Baltic Government, and hintsanese troops since the war with that the attitude of the Esthon-China was launched, says the ian and Finnish Foreign Minis- "Daily Telegraph." ter, M. Selter and M. Erkko, who reacted vehemently against a The newspaper refers to the Russian guarantee, is probably death of Mr. Tinkler, the arrest due to German influence.
of Col. Spear and Major Law.
that the cumulative
NEW OUTBREAK
The journal declares that in It says their case
"we are confronted effect after an incident such as with a misunderstanding or a the interference with the Ran- badly-concealed desire to blow up pura leaves an uneasy impression the defence front of the peaceful that a new-break-of-anti-British-| Powers against aggression." outrages is being deliberately en- Reuter..
couraged.
The unwillingness of the West- ern Powers to be drawn into the
AUSTRALIAN CHIEF Far Eastern hostilities has been
OF STAFF ARRIVES
IN LONDON
made so amply evident that Jap- an has exploited to the full the patience the British Government has exercised. ·
A DEFINITE OBJECT LONDON, TO-DAY.
But the recrudescence of inci- THE CHIEF OF THE AUS- dents appears to have quite a de- TRALIAN GENERAL STAFF, finite object; it seems the slow MAJOR-GENERAL J. D. LA- VARACH, WILL ARRIVE HERE subjugate China is becoming
progress, of Japan's attempt to THIS AFTERNOON AND BEGIN noticeable both to Japanese and HIS STAY OF SIX MONTHS IN Chinese eyes, and it may be ENGLAND FOR THE PURPOSES thought. prudent to seek the re- OF STUDY.
Major General Lavearach will be the leading military men of Aus accompanied by several leading tralian an exhaustive insight into members of the Australian defence British Army organization and forces.
equipment.
The visit is being undertaken at ] Similar visits of the leading the suggestion of the British gov-military men of other Dominions is ernment and its object is to give envisaged.-Trans-Ocean.
BLUFF WILL FAIL It is important that the British
"That is the best one I've
Reuter.
Government and its representa- tives on the spot do not accept them without protest, or allow the withdrawal of protection which our forces at hand" can
exercise.
Still less should any satisfac- tion be given to Japanese hopes that we may be bluffed from the financial and diplomatic support afforded General Chiang Kai- shek's Government. Reuter.
COMMITTEE PROPOSAL
London, To-day. The Foreign Affairs. Committee
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