THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 19, 1989.
No Compromise In Tokyo Urged Upon Britain
London Too Ready
To Minimise Danger
Chungking, To-day.
The "Hankow Herald" expresses the hope that Bri- tain will not yield to Japanese pressure at the Tokyo talks.
"In view of Britain's difficulties in Europe there is undoubtedly a tendency on the part of the Bri- tish Government to minimise the danger pre- sented by the Japanese plans in the Far East.
KAIFENG'S ANTI-BRITISH RESOLUTIONS
WAS
KATFENG, TO-DAY. A MEETING OF THE · JA- "ANTI- PANESE - SPONSORED BRITISH COMMITTEE" HELD HERE YESTERDAY FOL- LOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE LAST OF THE BRITISH SUBJECTS FROM KAIFENG.
The committee passed a résolu- tion to remove British signboards in Kaifeng and to request other pro- vinces not to issue certificates Britons desiring to visit Honan.
to
Messages were sent to the 'Nan- king and Peiping "governments" and to the Japanese Premier des- cribing the results of the anti-Bri- tish campaign in Honan. Trans- Ocean.
BRITAIN WATCHES TSINGTAO
London; To-day.
The strike movement in North China, with Chinese employees and workers of British firms having joined in is taken very seriously in London.
"The lion is the emblem of Bri- tain, and nothing could be more fatal for the king of beasts than lack of will to make use of its form- idable claws.”
Should Britain show an inclina- tion to compromise at Tokyo, it would deal a fresh blow at British prestige, which has already de-
clined.
Britain's attitude at Tokyo. will. not only be watched by the Ja- panese but also by Indians, South Africans, Mussulmans, Arabs and Egyptians, as well as other peoples all over the world. Trans-Ocean.
THETIS DIVER TELLS OF WIRE FOULING CONNING-TOWER
London, To-day.
BLACK SEA FLOOD *DISASTER
Ankara, To-day,
have
Forty are reported to been drowned in floods which are coastal devastating Black Sea villages.
Torrential rains caused havoc, particularly in the tobacco pro ducing centre.
The inhabitants of ten villages have been marooned in the vicin- ity of Sivas. Reuter.
AIR SABOTAGE RUMOURS DISPELLED
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
AUSTRALIAN
LABOUR AND REGISTRATION
Canberra, To-day.
the In the conflict between Trade Unions and the Australian Government over the introduc- tion of the compulsory register, to be ready in the case of war, further intensification of feeling has arisen.
In several States, organised la- bour has gone on strike in protest. The Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Gordon. Menzies will to-day visit the two great mining districts, Kal- goorlie and Boulder, where the movement against the compulsory registration law is particularly strong.
A conference will take place on Friday between the Prime Minis- ter and representatives of the Trade and the Labour REPORTS THAT THE DEATH Unions Council
be AIRMAN, Party when an attempt will OF THE MEXICAN
CRASHED made to induce the Trade Unions WHO SARABIA,
FROM THE to give up the FLYING
boycott.--Trans- WHILE UNITED STATES TO MEXICO, Ocean. WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE, WERE SET AT REST LAST EVENING.
An official statement on the in- vestigation into the crash shows that negligence on the part of mechanics was responsible.
A cloth found in the carburettor was of the type used in cleaning engines, and is stated to have found its way into the engine after the the plane had hopped off, as engine otherwise would not have started.-Trans-Ocean.
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BENES GOING TO MOSCOW?
NAZI. REPORTS ON POLISH MEETINGS
Warsaw, To-day.
var-
At mass demonstrations in ious parts of Poland yesterday re- presentatives of the Western Fron- tier Districts Association demand- ed annexation of part of German territory,
Captain Somlenski declared that the Polish flag would soon fly over of Danzig, Koenigsberg (capital East Prussia), Elbing and other. The former President of the East Prussian towns..
At another meeting a speaker strong
Warsaw, To-day.
A diver named Orton, who ex-Czechoslovak Republic, M. Eduard
court of enquiry yesterday that he found a wire entangling the con- ning tower.
He expressed”
Ocean.
amined Thetis on the morning | Benes, will arrive this afternoon said Poland must have a following her last dive, told the from the United States, according naval base and Danzig must be-
to the London papers.-Trans come Polish.
At another meeting a speaker now on the eve Warsaw, To-day declared "Poland is The Polish News Agency, re of the historic hour when the na ports that Dr. Benes will shortly tion will be called upon to fulfil its opinion that pay a visit to Moscow to organisé important task. The hour when our this might have prevented the men a Czech national committee as the victorious eagles will administer a of lesson to the eternal enemy of the from escaping. The wire seemed representative organisation
former Czech nationals now living Poles and Slavs is drawing near." Meanwhile, the German press al- The London press pays attention to be for a marker buoy,
.to The
Attorney-General, Sir Donald in the Soviet Uniom to the report that, in addition
· Informed quarters, however, be leges that a German statue in Koe- was destroyed by શ the British cruiser "Cornwall" Somervell, explained the method in which has arrived at Tsingtao to operation for the delivery of tele-lieve that Dr. Benes, is going to nigshuette
to establish contact Polish crowd.--Trans-Ocean, protect British interests, the auxili gram which resulted in the tragic Moscow
been delay in the message from the tug with leading Soviet Russian states- ary cruiser "Falmouth", has dispatched Tsingtao. Trans- Grebecock reaching the submarine men and to discuss certain ques-
base at Gosport. Reuter.
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To-day. inated in Slo- Jak Premier, Dr. Ger-
burg, who recently returned to his post following a long, sojourn in the Reich will again Visit Berlin in the course of next week,
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