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MUTT AND JEFF
HER HEART BEAT FAST
AS HE GENTLY PLACED HIS WARM HANDS ON HER SHOULDERS AND SLOWLY PUSHED HER BACK AGAINST THE CHAIR
1.
SHE RAISED HER BESEECHING EYES IN WHICH FAINT HOPE AND FEAR WERE STRUGGLING
HE CAME CLOSER TO HER. FROM HER PARTED LIPS.: WARM BREATH CAME IN SHORT, WRENCHING SAGPS. --HE SMILED AT HER REASSURINĖLY
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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 1, 1989.
By BUD FISHER
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Britain
TWO NIGHT
Cannot Be RAIDS ON Neutral CHUNGKING
LONDON, TO-DAY. SPEAKING ON THE FAR
Chungking, To-day. The populace was rudely
ap-
EAST IN THE DEBATE ON awakened shortly after 1 a.m. to- day by the screeching of air-raid FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN THE
sirens. HOUSE OF COMMONS YES- Several Japanese planes TERDAY, SIR ARCHIBALD peared overhead dropping bombs SINCLAIR, LIBERAL OPPOSI-on the outskirts of the town. TION LEADER, DECLARED Chinese planes took to the air THAT BRITAIN COULD NOT and engaged the invaders.
Details of the raid were BE NEUTRAL IN THE SINO- JAPANESE BRITISH SYMPATHIES MUST INSTINCTIVELY LIE WITH
CHINA.
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over
STRUGGLE, AS available at the time of cabling.
At about 9 p.m. yesterday 20 Japanese planes appeared different parts of the city, which was thrown into darkness.
Chinese searchlights managed He asked whether the formula
to pick out a few of the ma- on the recent agreement would
chines and concentrated A.A. hamper the Government in giv- ing help to China, and whether guns on the raiders.
Incendiary bombs started a the Government would refuse to weaken China's power of resist fire which was still burning this ance by handing over the Chin-morning. ese silver now in Tientsin.
Sir Archibald urged dispatch. Strauss Sym. Orch. in consultations with the Domin- ions, so that action could be taken. on the commercial treaty with Japan at the earliest possible mo- Iment.
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"Do not," he said, "let Britain lose another chance of co-operat- ing with the United States in the Far East." Reuter.
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NIGHT RAID
-Chungking-- To-day. Eighteen Japanese planes staged a moonlight raid over Chungking last night.
They broke into the city in two squadrons around nine o'clock, and were immediately challenged by Chinese pursuit machines to aerial combats, Chinese anti-aircraft bat- teries also went into action...
The invaders released scores of bombs and left. A fire was start- ed.
Central News.
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KWEILIN BOMBED
Kweilin, To-day. and destruction were rained by:18 Japanese bombers over Kwellin yesterday.
A number of bombs were dump- ed in the city, killing and wound- |ing many civilians and levelling "JAPAN IS PREPARED AT over a dozen houses to the ground.
| ANY MOMENT TO BREAK OFF THE NEGOTIATIONS: WITH. BRITAIN ON THE TIEN- TSIN PROBLEM,” THE
Central News.
“ASAHI SHIMBUN WRITES reached by Britain and Japan and IN A SHARP COM was attempting therefore, to dis- MENTARY ON THE SUDDEN turb the progress of the nego STIFFENING OF THE BRITISH tiations. ATTITUDE IN THE DISCUS- SIONS IN TOKYO.
* The paper expresses the opin lon that it was the influence of Moscow which is responsible for the change of attitude of the Britian representatives!
** The Soviet Union is very much орро
htly the possi bility
of an "agreement being
Britain, the paper demands, should not allow herself to be dis- tracted by aide issues but should devote all efforts to condude a clear and ultimate Anglo-Japan- ese agreement.
In conformity with the rest of the press the paper threatens that Japan would break off négo- Britain continued to Tifficulties. Trans-