JAPAN'S SMASH AND GRAB RAID IN NORTH CHINA
Times' Analysis Of Present Acute Situation
WILL CHIANG KAI
ΚΑΙ
SHEK BE
BE READY
TO COMPROMISE
London, To-day.
"It now seems certain that the status quo in North China will not be restored, at least not for a century or two, and it also seems probable that Japan will shortly make a localised but strenuous military effort to make good her new position."
So declares "The Times" in a leading article this morning on the North China situation.
DR. WELLINGTON KOO
Bid To End Spanish Deadlock
London: To-day.
A meeting of the chairman sub-committee of the non-interven- tion committee will be held at the Foreign Office this afternoon.
The last meeting of the sub- committee on July 30, after 3 hours discussion of the replies received regarding the British pro- posals for ending the deadlock, ad- journed to enable the Governments to consider the situation in the light of discussion
Since then the chairman, Lord Plymouth, has kept in close touch
"The territorial limits of her immediate am- bitions as yet are a matter of conjecture but there auspicious one for an
attack on is every prospect that a large slice of Hopei, includ-China
The difficulties of the European ing Peiping and possibly part or parts of Shan-situation, especially the repercus-with the representatives tung, will become a Japanese sphere of influence, sions of the Spanish conflict, had presumably with a Gilbertian facade of autonomy foresee that they could be assured
"Once more Japan's contribu- tion to the stabilisation of East- ern Asia, a cause which she vociferously espouses, turns out to be an essay in the art known as 'smash and grab.'
AND AFTER
"When the smashing is over and the grabbing is done, many mil- lions of yen and several thousand soldiers will be required to conso- lidate and exploit the addition to Japan's territorial responsibilities, but what will be required just as badly, and is unlikely to be forth- coming, is a satisfactory technique
administration.
DR. WELLINGTON KOO AND TANAKA MEMORIAL
Paris, Ta-day
induced the Japanese military to
of a fair measure of freedom of action.
UNABLE TO WAFL
Added to this, Dr. Koo said, was
the
talk with Dr Woermann, the Ger man Charge d'Affaires. British Wireless.
committee. Yesterday a
FURTHER DELAY?
London, To-day,
the fact that China had undoubted- It is assumed here that whe
ly made rapid headway in the the chairman's sub
economic, financial and even the the non-intervention military domain, and hence Japan meets to-day, it will refrain from saw herself faced with the impos-taking any new decisions in view sibility of putting off military ac- of the attitude adopted by the So- tion any longer, lest it run the risk viet, and will not fix a date for its of being confronted with a strong next meeting, as some of the com- “China will continue to the and united Ching
mittee have indicated their desire very last to resist Japanese ex- The Japanese capitalists had for a respite pansion, and hence it can be cast their eyes on the rich Those delegates returning to predicted that a grave conflict stretches of North China Un their respective.countries will take between the two Powers will be-doubtedly China would be able to the opportunity to obtain further come unavoidable.”
help Japan economically but the instructions from their Govern- This statement was made by the means employed by Japan to en-ments. Chinese Ambassador in Paris, Dr. force this help, were badly chosen, It is therefore quite likely that Wellington Koo, in an interview (as economie co-operation could not a full will occur in the activities "If Japan obtains a sphere of in-appearing in yesterday evening's be attained at the point of the of the non-intervention committee. finence in North China she will
bayonet-Trans-Ocean.
Trans-Ocean. "Intransigeant.” have dealt herself the sort of hand
Regarding the prospect of
she plays worst, and her real dif-terminating the conflict, Dr. Koo ficulties will begin when the "Cease said that could take shape only Fire” is sounded.
RABEFT OF COMPROMISE.
following explicit intervention by those Powers who desired to see peace preserved, or after the fin-
"The possibility of a major war ancial exhaustion and economic is not eliminated.
bankruptcy of the aggressor.
CAREFULLY PLANNED "General Chiang Kai-shek has "To be sure, continued the Am declared that negotiations for a bassador, "all countries have their peaceful settlement will no long-domestic troubles, but they will er-be considered but the Gener- have to bear in mind that military alissimo, though capable on oc-aggression, wherever it occurs, casion of matching firm words constitutes a direct violation of with firm actions, is too good a international peace and disturbs Chinese in both the racial and the security of all peoples. the national sense not to let the Referring to the origin of the dogs of war see the rabbit of conflict, Dr. Koo said that Japan compromise as long as that harm-made the alleged kidnapping of a less and necessary creature is Japanese soldier, whose where visible at all
Meanwhile, the world a velopments with anxiety.
GRAVE DAMAGE
abouts
was discovered within twenty-four hours, an excuse for
military interve
he present
hese attack been carefully planned and, sanctioned by the Emperor, he stated.
"Since effective intervention
oasible, Tokyo's attitude ter is of purely academic but Japan iS istaken if Dr chons during the Tar
she thinks
last
she ed the world
responsibili
ive policy
has.
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continned, was General still Premier
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