WATCH
ON TOKYO TALKS
Reminders Of British
Undertakings
Chungking, To-day.
The Chinese Government and people are following the Anglo-Japanese negotiations in Tokyo with the closest attention. Although official quarters decline to comment, the Chinese attitude is clearly reflected in the ver- nacular press, which hopes that the political
SWISS PLANE CRASHES
Berne, To-day.
A commercial plane of "Air Suisse", which was on the Vienna, -Meurich route, crashed yester- day evening near the Konstanz aerodrome.
The pilot, wireless operator, a commercial agent of the Air Suisse company and three passen- gers were killed,
Further details are lacking.--- Trans-Ocean.
farsightedness of the British people would pre- U.S. AMBASSADOR
vent it from submitting to Japanese threats and bluffs.
Should Chinese hopes in this direction be dis-
appointed, China will yet be able to look for- ward with calm so far as Britain's attitude to- wards the Sino-Japanese conflict is concerned, says the press.
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FRENCH FINANCE FRONT ON THE THAMES
Paris, To-day.
The management of the gold reserves of Britain and France in a manner which will not impose a burden on one.... country alone, is suggested editorially by "L'Intran- sigeant."
SEES. PREMIER
LONDON, TO-DAY.
Japanese Organising Boycott Of Britain
Tokyo, To-day. MEASURES for the boycott of British goods have been formu- lated by the "Anti-Bri- tish Boycott Campaign Committee" in Tientsin, according to a Japanese despatch.
Measures include picketing and the appointment of special agents to popularise the boycott.
Pickets would urge firms and warehouses to suspend sales of. British articles, but compensa. tion would be paid for loss of trade:
THE UNITED STATES AM- BASSADOR, MR. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, CALLED ON THE
The committee recommends PRIME MINISTER, MR. NE- The press mentions Britain's
VILLE CHAMBERLAIN, YES the organisation of special con- treaty obligations under the Nine-TERDAY MORNING AND HAD trol over sales and purchases of
Reuter. Power Fact and the League of 20 MINUTES CONVERSATION, British goods.
The meeting has attracted
Nations resolutions.
Mention is made of the League considerable attention, coming as Halifax, and the American Am- resolution of October 16 binding it did after Wednesday's dinner bassador in Paris, Mr. William all League members not to take at the United States Embassy, Bullitt, were guests of Mr. Ken- any action which would weaken when the Foreign Secretary, Lord nedy.-Trans-Ocean. China in the conflict and advocat-
ing individual assistance to China.
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The present war, says the press, was originally China's affair only, and on the basis of this conception the Chinese Government set about the task of defending the country.
INSULTING ATTITUDE
But since Japan-was-now trying to drive out the Powers from the Far East, and since she was being particularly insulting to Britain, the foreign Powers of necessity had to concern themselves with the Sino-Japanese conflict.
Recalling the reference of. Mr. Hore-Belisha, the British Secretary of War, to "Our General" in speaking of General Gamelin, the The Japanese, attitude towards
paper states that Britain France might think in the manner of "Our Gold."
and Great Britain was all the more in- same sulting in view of the Anglo- Japanese Alliance of 1902 and the partnership between the two na- tions of 20 years.
At present, France possessed larger gold reserves than Britain. Every day France was compelled to In view of the tremendous issues buy pounds sterling and to sell at stake, the press declares, it is francs in order to preserve parity.necessary that Britain be warned Britain then repurchases. the to be careful in the negotiations pounds with gold so that there is a with Japan. Trans-Ocean. constant transfer of gold from London to Paris.
The paper demands that the transfer of gold should cease and that France should establish her finance frontier on the Thames.- Trans-Ocean.
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO AMBASSADOR
London, To-day.
A full report of the conversations between the British Ambassador in Tokyo, Sir Robert Craigie, and the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, has been examined by the
HEAVY FLOODS IN British Government, and a further
EAST HOPEI
Chungking, To-day.
communication has been sent to Sir Robert.
It is expected that the Tokyo talks may be resumed to-day.
Large tracts of land in east British Wireless.
Hopei are inundated as a result of the collapse of the Yungting River dyke at Sukochwang.
A large number of villagers have,
been drowned,
Flood waters at Shihchiachwang, junction of the Peiping-1
kow
Railway and the Chengtai
houses have collapsed News
have not yet subsided. Some
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