ACTION JAPAN?
-BRITAIN
URGED TO FOLLOW
U.S. ACTION
of
London, To-day. The executive committee the League of Nations Union has passed is resolution calling on the Government to follow the lead of the United States by giving no tice to terminate the Anglo-Ja- panese Commercial Treaty.-Reu-
ter.
question of imposing higher duties on Japan SOVIET VIEW
ese cloth as a countervailing measure to the
export subsidies alleged to be paid by the Jap- OF THE TOKYO
anese Government.
WAR RISK INSURANCE FEASIBILITY
THE
Meanwhile, according to the Dow Jones agency, there is considerable speculation in Congress circles whether denunciation of the treaty with Japan might foreshadow in- vocation of the Neutrality Act in the Sino-Japanese conflict.
gold a
Such action would automatically cut off supplies of American muni- LONDON, TO-DAY.
tions both to China and Japan. Curtailment of American PERSONNEL OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
and silver purchases would be serious blow to Japan, which in the WHICH IS TO EXAMINE THE PRACTICABILITY OF THE PRO-States $415,000,000 of gold
past two years has sold the United POSED SCHEME OF WAR RISKS over $4,000,000 of silver.-Reuter. INSURANCE, WILL BE:
POLITICAL MOVE.
Viscount Weir,
Sir Ernest Harvey,
Sir Walter Benton,
Sir William Clark-Lees and
Sir Alan Rae Smith, Announcing the
and
New York, To-day. Abrogation of the American-Ja- panese economic and amity agree- ment is interpreted by the "New names in the York Times" as a definite political House of Commons yesterday. Cap-move to demonstrate to Japan, tain H. F. C. Crookshank, Financial America's determination to main- Secretary to the Treasury, said he tain her interests in the Far East hoped to convene a conference on the matter in the next few days.
After this it would proceed with its enquiries under the chairman- ship of Viscount Weir.-Reuter.
MUTUAL PROTECTION
London, To-day, In a written Parliament reply on the possibility of evolving a scheme for mutual protection against the risk of war damage to fixed pro- perty in private ownership, the Financial Secretary to the Trea-
Captain sury,
Crookshank, nounced the names of those who had agreed to assist government by forming the conference which was announced in the House of Commons on July 17.
British Wireless.
an-
the
and not to capitulate before Japanese demands,
the
Recalling the parallel case at the time of the French Revolution, when French raids on American merchants ships were carried out, the paper points out that retalia- tion measures
were at that time
identical.
will be energetically maintained.
American prestige in the Orient
The decision to abrogate the agreement was accelerated by cer tain incidents which have occurred in China during recent days.
Was
According to a report of Ameri- can Naval Headquarters, an Ameri- assaulted and arrested a few days can naval officer, Mr. Baker,
ago in Hankow by a Japanese guard and two American soldiers
Peiping. Trans-Ocean,
FORMER AUSTRIAN struck by Japanese yesterday MINISTER KILLED
Vienna, To-day....
Dr. Wilhelm Wolf, who was Aus- tria's last Foreign Minister, was killed in a motorcar accident which occurred near St. Poelten yesterday.
were
LONDON AND U.S. ACTION
-London, To-day.
în
The accident was caused by the bursting of a front wheel tyre. The driver was also killed.
The abrogation of the Treaty of Dr. Wolf, who was born in Blu-Commerce between U.S. and Japan denz on January 17, 1897, became a has created much interest in Lon- collaborator of Dr. Seyss-Inquart don official circles. It is added that and was appointed Minister for no opinion can be expressed on the Foreign Affairs in the last Austrain matter till the British Government Government after the resignation has been officially notified.--Trang- Dr. Schuschnigg.—Trans-Ocean. Ocean.
AGREEMENT
Moscow, To-day.
Common
Policy Demand
London, To-day. THE "Daily Herald," referring to the "mo- developments
mentous
in the Far Eastern po- licies of both British and American Govern- ments," says that on the face of things there is little appearance of con- sultation, co-operation or common policy.
On many previous occasions, the assurances has been given of full continuous consultation with the United States in the Far
The first Soviet comment on the Anglo-Japanese agreement appear-East. ed in the Moscow press yesterday,
Does that assurance still hold? Japan will only lead
It says: "British concessions to The question is one that to further should be pressed in the House whetting of the appetite Far Eastern
of the of Commons in the forthcoming aggressor, and will foreign affairs 'debate. Reuter. British interests from all Japanese- expedite the final elimination of occupied areas in China."-Reuter.
Kunming, To-day. Monsignor Mario Zanin, Aposto lic Delegate to China, entrained for Kong.-Central News. Hanoi yesterday to return to Hong
Paris, To-day. The French Ambassador to Spain, Marshal Petain, who has just spent a few days in South France inspect- ing the Republican Spanish refugee camps, returned to Spain yesterday.
-Trans-Ocean.
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