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Every time the Japanese suf-- fer a major defeat or there is a period of inactivity which does. not make good reading in the Japanese press, another coastal, port is attacked by the Japanese: Navy which, now that the has been pushed inland, has been more or less relegated to the role of "Face-Saver-in-Chief."
war
Reliable, neutral reports dur-:
Hong Kong, Thursday, June 29, 1939.ing the past week or so have all
THE NEGOTIATIONS
indicated that, having permitted the Japanese to stretch out their lines of communication to inor-
From London comes news that dinate and unwieldly lengths, the at long last something more tan- "front" itself and behind the Ja- Chinese troops, both at the gible in the way of negotiations
áre
concerning the Tientsin impasse panese lines themselves, may be expected in the next day gaining more and more victories or two. Having “discovered" that stantial straws in the wind. The -small ones, it is true, but sub- the Japanese authorities on the spot were getting nowhere with lines of communication are
Japanese capture a town; the cut and in quite a number of cases
their blockade and their deliber- ate policy of insulting British re- sidents save that even the tame the Japanese have to withdraw
from an untenable position.. Lion of Mr. Chamberlain was getting restive-the Tokyo au-do not fight fair. They withdraw, The Chinese, say the Japanese, thorities have resumed control.circle around and attack_some- According to a Reuter mes-where else. Positional warfare is: sage, Japan is prepared to ne-a thing of the past in China to- gotiate on the basis of two points, day. And on her home ground, that Tientsin is not to be used China may well be invincible at for anti-Japanese activities, and this type of warfare. that it will not be a base for sup- Hence, the attacks on Wenchow- port of Chinese currency in op- and Foochow come as no sur-· position to the new Japanese prise. The capture of these two "currency."
ports, the last two on the China The latter may be dismissed Coast (save for Pakhoi) will. with a few words. It is impos-make good reading in Tokyo, on sible for Britain to accede to any top of the fall of Swatow. They such request. Despite the ful-will also give the Japanese Com- minations of Japanese politicians, mander-in-Chief something and the bombs and shells of her talk about when he meets
to the warlords, Britain still recognizes Army General Staff. - the. Chinese Government as the But they are mere pin-pricks... lawful authority over China China's main defensive War Ma-- That being the case, Britain can-chine will be only slightly, and. not support any Japanese attemporarily, affected by their London Sym. orch. under Sir Henry Wood. tempts. at a new currency; fail fall. Foochow has been blockaded London Phil, orch. under Sir Felix Weingartner.
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