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BRITAIN FOR

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NO CAUSE INTERVENTION

Official Statement On The North China Crisis

PRES. ROOSEVELT CANCELS

YACHTING TRIP

London, To-day.

Events in China are being watched with close interest in London, and the exchange of informa- tion between the British, French and United States Government is continuing.

HOSTAGES SEIZED ON

N.W. FRONTIER

Simla, To-day.

British forces yesterday sur- rounded and searched two villages on the North-West Frontier for suspects who took part in the raid on British troops last Monday, in which a number of Gurkhas were killed.

Seventeen hostages were taken, the British suffering a few minor casualties.-Reuter.

Both Britain and the United States have in- dependently informed the Japanese Government that in their view the original clash in North China ANOTHER DOUBLE

was on too small a scale to warrant extension of the conflict.

TRANS-ATLANTIC

Any attempt either by the Chinese or Japanese CROSSING to magnify the incident into an affair of national prestige would be a matter of the gravest concern to Britain.

Latest reports received in Lon- and Embassies, some of which were don from Tokyo are not reassur-still situated in Peiping. ing, and

Trade it is feared General considerations, he said, did not en- Chiang Kai-shek may be forced ter into the matter.--Reuter. by Chinese public opinion into taking an unduly strong line.

On the other hand, Japanese as- surances that the incidents were not premeditated, are accepted in London, as is also the view. tha: Tokyo is not really interested in. delaying settlement.

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The British Government there fore sees no reason to make an offer of mediation.-Reuter.

CONSTANT TOUCH

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ROOSEVELT NOT TO GO YACHTING

Far East Keeps Him At White House.

Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt has abandon- d his plans for his usual week-end 'achting cruise and is remaining t the White House, owing to the Far Eastern situation..

London, To-day. During the past few days he had been in constant touch with

The President is most concern- Chinese Ambassador, who had comd over developments in China and municated to him a number of re- also views. anxiously the proposed ports on the situation as seen by Spanish non-intervention scheme. his Government, stated Viscount Cranborne, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying in the House of Commons yesterday to Mr. R. H. Morgan (Conservative, Stourbridge).

The President's three diploma- tic advisers were summoned to conferences on the international position at the White House yes- terday afternoon.

The advisers are Mr. John Mc- The Chinese reports, he added, Murray, the foremost American ex- did not add materially to what had pert on China, and now Ambassa- already been published.

dor to Turkey, Mr. Summer Wells, Lord Cranborne assured Mr. Under-Secretary of State, and Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambas-Norman Davis, famed as Washing- sador, that the British Govern- ton's "Ambassador-at-Large.” ment would lose no opportunity It is stated that President Roose- of making any contribution in velt is not considering specific ac- their power towards a peaceful ion and is just "watching."-Reu- solution.

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PARIS DISCUSSION

Paris, To-daya The Foreign Minister, M. Yvon Delbos, yesterday received the

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MR. PLUGGE'S SUGGESTION

Mr. L. F. Plugge (Conservative. Chatham) urged suggesting to all Powers concerned abrogation Article IX of the Protocol of 1901, Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Welling- under which certain Powers are en-ton Koo, and the Japanese charge titled to station troops at points in

d'affaires.-Reuter. North China in order to keep com- munications open between Peiping A magnificent marble statue which experts declare to be a Venus of Greek and the sea, especially in view of origin, 2,000 years old, has been found the fact that Peiping was no long- by a ploughman in a field at Letran, er the capital, and the foreign near St.-Just-sur-Loire. Powers, apart from Japan, had little trade with Peiping.

Lord Cranborne pointed out that the object of Article IX was to en- sure the safety of the Legations

The German Luft Hansa airways company is to begin a series of experi- mental flights at the end of July be- tween the Azores and New York pres paratory, to the introduction of a re- gular air mail service,

London, To-day.

PRESIDENT

REBUKES POLITICIANS

Washington, To-day. President · Roosevelt

has sent a letter to Sena- tor Alben W. Barkley, acting leader of the Sen- ate, asserting it is the duty of Congress to legis- late this session to re- organise the Federal Courts.

The letter states that abandon- ment of the Judicial Reform- Bill would place the responsibility squarely on Congress-

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Referring to the death of Sena- tor. Robinson, the President said he Another double. trans-Atlantic had hoped that decent respect for crossing was begun at 7.25 (British his memory would have deferred Standard Time) yesterday evening, discussion of political and legisla- when the Pan-American Airways tive matters. Clipper the Third left Foynes, at

"It is therefore with regret that the mouth of the River Shannon, on

I find that advantage has been the return flight to Botwood, New- taken of what should be a period foundland.

of mourning," Mr. Roosevelt wrote. The President's rebuke is be- Three hours later, at 10.25 last lieved to be due to reports that night, Imperial Airways giant fly-Senator Robinson's death Will ingboat Caledonia took off from prove the death-knell of the Court Botwood for Foynes.-Reuter. legislation. Reuter, -.

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