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BRITAIN AND THE SHOOTING

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be taken to see that unfortunate incidents, with such grave implica- tions, are avoided in future

The British people earnestly de- sire that friendly relations with their old ally should continue un- impaired-Reuter

DEEPLY SHOCKED

A Very Grave Incident is the heading on a leading article ap-t pearing in the "Morning Post this morning on the shooting of the British Ambassador, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, by Japanese planes.

The article says that public opinion in the country will be deeply shocked at the news that Sir Hughe was gravely wound- ed in the course of a deliberate and sustained attack by Japan- ese planes.

APPROPRIATE ACTION

A PLAN TO STOP

PROFITEERING

Sir, Following editorials, letters and general disgust re- garding the Government's heroic attitude towards profiteer- ing. I propose that private citizens now take the initiative

I have a plan which I believe will partly stem this most în- human way of money-making and this is it:

That the editors of the four English newspapers in this co- lony should elect a small committee of whom they know to be respectable citizens in both name and deed (newspaper editors know if no others do!). This committee should sanction a poster to be issued to all firms, shops, hotels etc which in their opinion have not raised their prices during the present crisis. Proof should be supplied either through the testimony of books or the testimony of customers.

The public would then know which establishments would meet their patronage fairly and would help make the plan more effective by rigorously limiting their patronage to poster firms.

If this plan seems to hit the nail in the vicinity of the head I pray that action be taken at once limiting criticism of details until the committee has started work. There is not much time to lose.

Yours etc JOHN S. GREENBERG.

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Such an expected in dẹ- those con-

This outrage was without ex- tion with the Japanese Government.Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. cuse, for the Ambassador's car The country will be content Koki Hirota, and the Tokyo press, was flying the Union Jack, and a nothing less

the article concludes by saying that single car could not well have! It is unpardonable that an Am-lit is easy to believe that nothing been supposed to be of military bassador, entitled to rely on diplo-could be more unwelcome to significance

matic immunity while proceeding Japanese Government than on his lawful occasions, should be incident, and it is to exposed to such attack, and it must that they will not be In the official communique relat be assumed that the Japanese Gov-manding to know from ing the incident there is behind ernment will hasten to offer the trolling military operations in proper diplomatic reserve, indica-amplest apologies for what has China how such an indefensible tion of a natural indignation, and been done by those for whose ac-outrage was allowed to be perpe- it is satisfactory to know that astions they are responsible. soon as further necessary informa-

JAPAN'S POSITION

tion is received, His Majesty's Gov- After referring to the ernment will take appropriate ac-sions of sympathy expressed by the

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trated by forces under Japanese command. Reuter,

CHINA EXPRESSES SYMPATHY

Nanking, To-day. Dr. Wang Chung -hui, Minister of Foreign Affairs, last night sent a cable to Mr. Anthony Eden, Bri- tam's Foreign Secretary, express- ing profound sympathy at the wounding of Sir Hughe Knatchbull Hugessen, the British Ambassador who was wounded by bullets from

Japanese plane near Wusib terday afternoon.

Deep concern is entertained in Chinese circles regarding the con- dition of the British Ambassador.

Mr. Ani Ming, director of the

office of the Waichiaopu

try Hospital fast

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NAVAL ACTION

Shanghai, 2 p.m., To-day.

The first naval engage

ment of the present conflict

is reported to have taken

place yesterday on the Yang-

chi, a branch of the Yang-

tse leading to Nanking, when

Chinese warship appeared

and opened fire on two Jap

anese destroyers.

sharp

There was

change of fire and the Chin

ese craft is reported to have

been badly damaged.

What effect the Chinese

fire had on the Japanese

destroyers is not yet known.

Our Own Correspondent.

There was

Equipped

KEY

CHAPOO LANDING

DENIED

The report that Japanese troops had landed and occupied Chapoo, strategic town on the coast be tween Shanghai and Hangchow Bay, was branded by Chinese au- thorities here as pure fabrication without any foundation

The Chinese are still fruly hold- ng the once pou

er resort. into a for med

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