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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 5, 1937.

NORTH CHINA OUTLOOK CAUSES DEEP CONCERN

Foreign Diplomats Call On Chinese For Information

Peiping, May Deep concern is eign diplomatic over the current North China.

31. (Central).

being felt in for: circles in Peiping political rumors in

JAPAN PLANS AIR DEFENCE

Scheme For All Populated Areas.

Tokyo, May 31.

The Home Office, în collaboration - with the Fighting Services, has drafted an elaborate programme for raids. defence against enemy air The plan will be incorporated in the Air Defence Law which is expected to be promulgated next April.

Vast Air Defence Preparation The comprehensive plan includes

Several foreign ́... representatives have called on the Chinese author- ities to inquire about the situation.

It is reported that responsible provisions that:- quarters are shortly sending a dele- gate to call on the foreign Ambag- sadors and Ministers to explain the

situation.

Sino-Japan Firm Formed

Peiping, May 31.-(Central).

All major cities will be surround- ed by a network of highways, per- mitting quick transportation of an-

ti-aircraft-units and evacuation of the civilian population from the at- tacked areas;

All communications lines will be

The latest organization to enter into put underground; the scene of economic co-operation

Type and colouration of city

în North China is the Sino-Japanese buildings will be controlled to en- |Business Company.

sure the greatest possible invisibi-' lity from the air;

Mr. R. Takagi, vice-president of the newly-established joint concern,

Industrial plants, where to sidle, is now in Peiping studying the lo-

will be moved out of urgan areas; cal industrial conditions. While

es- here, he will discuss with Mr.

Tall buildings and official Li

be required to Shih-hao, chairman of the Economic tablishments will

bomb and bullet- Committee of the Hopei-Chahar Po-have reinforced litical Council, on the economic pro-proof roofs; blems in North China.

Fire-fighting system will be great- It is understood that Mr. Takagi ly expanded to cope with incern- will also investigate into Hopel's iary bomb fires; cotton industry and financial mar- ket.

Japanese Troops To Join Irregulars

Bomb and gas-proof cellars will be built in major cities and special labouratories will do research-for protection from gases.

A special air-defence committee, Gen. Uyeda, Commander of the including representatives from the Kwangtung Armỹ, has decided to Ministries of War, Navy and the transfer one mixed brigade of Ja- Interior, will also be formed soon ---- panese troops from Hainganlin to Domei. north Chahar through Jehol to join the "Irregulars,” according to a Harbin message in the "Marning. News. The decision is stated to have been made as a result of Gen.

Uydea's recent visit to Jehol Chaḥar.

and

Kowloon Bonds' Big Gain

Canton, May 31.-London quota-

According to the journal, ten Ja-tions of the Canton-Kowloon Rail- |panese submarines arrived at Po-way loan have during the last few hai from Port Arthur on May 29.

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“Difficult” Situation

days registered an advance of fully twelve: points. The current price is £54 whereas a few days ago it was only £42.

Peiping, May 29.-(Reuters).

The bullish effect, it was believed, Local Chinese circles attach consi- derable importance to an interview was due to the punctual remittance which Mr. Chen Chuch-sheng, Man- of the first intallment of the amor- aging Director of the Peiping-tization fund to London, equivalent

to $550,000. Liaoning Railway, gave to local Chinese pressmen yesterday after- noon upon his arrival from Tientsin.

Outwardly, Mr. Chen said, the litical Council, never ceased to situation in this part of the coun-think in terms of the welfare of the try was quiet, but actually the high- people and the country, and that no est, authorities of Hopei and Chahar adverse changes would occur under were having a difficult time trying his leadership. to maintain it.

General Sung, he added, would After referring to the complicat-never yield to outside pressure and ed situation in North, China, Mr. sacrifice national rights. "While we Chen said that these in charge of desire to be loyal to our peaceful affairs always keep the vital inter-stand," he continued, “we hope ests of the country in mind and that the other side will respond in strove to retrieve the situation. A a similar spirit and refrain from cautious attitude, he believed, was bringing pressure to bear on us. If the best way of coping with a dif- the two sides live at peace, it will ficult position. He stressed the need not be difficult to work out a gra- of stabilization which he described dual solution of the various out- as a pre-requisile to any program standing problems.” of reconstruction.

Turning to economic co-operation Mr. Chen deprecated criticism bas, in North China, Mr. Chen said it ed on an inadequate knowledge of formed part of a larger political the realities of the situation, for question. › If the polities! situation such criticism would not only fall could be solved, it would not be dif- to improve matters but might give ficult to reach an understanding on rise to undesirable effects.

the economic issue.

Referring to recent rumours Mr. Chen concluded his interview about impending changes in the si, with an appeal to the people of tuation in North China, Mr. Chen North China for co-operation with said that General Sung Cheh-yuan, the authorities in the present dif- chairman of the Hopei Chahar Po ficult situation.