TIENTSIN ONLY BRITAIN WILL NOT THE FIRST STEP
AID JAP. AGGRESSION
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CHUNGKING, TO-DAY. THE PRESENT ANGLO- (Continued from Page ̧1) JAPANESE TENSION IN and it remains to be seen TIENTSIN MAY BE COMPAR-[ willing the Japanese may be to re- ED IN IMPORTANCE WITH cede from their false position or THAT ARISING FROM THE how far they may go in an attempt LOUKOUCHIAO INCIDENT to increase the pressure exercised THAT STARTED THE SINO- on British communities in the Far JAPANESE HOSTILITIES, IN East.
THE OPINION OF THE Co-operation between Britain, CHUNGKING. PRESS, WHICH France and the United States is REFLECTS THE ATTITUDE desirable and more likely in view OF POLITICAL CIRCLES of the possibility of new Japanese HERE.
moves timed in concord with the Axis' pressure in Europe. first
Prudence which has hitherto kept Japan's leaders from promis- ing the Axis military assistance might well be extended to inquiring what economic help Germany, and Italy can afford her if the western democracies take certain obvious measures in connection with anti-
Tientsin is merely the step of the Japanese encroach- ment on all foreign interests in the Far East; the attempt re- cently made at Kulangsu was foiled merely because concerted action was taken by the British, French and American navies.
The frustration of the Japan-Japanese trade. ese plans at Kulangsu proved the usefulness of strong action, writes the Chungking Press, which concludes from that that a similar course of action at Tientsin would likewise prevent a Japanese success.
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If provocation. of the kind given in Tientsin. continues, it is unlike- ly that the British Government, for one, will content itself with pro- tests. Reuter.
America.
on
The same paper continues by ex- Japan singled out Britain be- pressing the opinion that the Tien- cause she realised that Britain's at- tsin incident causes no surprise, tention is at present focussed declaring that if the British give Europe. Besides this, Britain's in- way to Japan the result will be terests in the Far East are greater further Japanese aggression against than those of any other foreign foreign interests.
power.
The Chungking Press believes The paper concludes with a grave that the Japanese will occupy the warning to the Powers against giv- British Concession militarily if the ing in to Japanese demands, be- blockade proves unsuccessful and cause it asserts that this would that this action would then be fol- speedily result in a total eclipse of lowed by a similar action against all foreign interests and influence the interests of France and in the Far East.-Trans-Ocean,
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 16, 1989.
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