1937-10-23 — Page 1

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JAPAN BLANDLY ASKS FREE HAND

"Quick Settlement" If Tokyo Is Left To Provide. It POWERS' IMPRACTICAL AND

MISGUIDED CRUSADE

CONTROL OF

TIENTSIN P.O. DEMANDED

hably

Japanese military

Peiping, To-day.

REMARKABLE ADDRESS BY DIPLOMAT AT

CLEVELAND

Cleveland (Ohio), To-day.

Mr. Yakichi Rosuma, Counsellar

anese Embassy in Washington, addre

the Foreign Policy Association here yesterday have dicted a satisfactory and reasonably quick

compelled the postal administra-ment with China if there is no outside encom

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tions of Peping and Tientsin to ment or assistance given to the Chinese forces, and HIT IN POOTUAK appoint twelve Japanese advisers. if no difficulties are made for us by other countries.

Meanwhile, the postal areas of Chabar and Suiyuan have been

completely severed from Nanking:

administration

worth

The Peiping Post Office has been forced by the Japanese gender- merie to surrender $50,000 of postage stamps for use in those provinces.

Mr. Rosuma continued: "It is impossible for SHELLING

Western nations to be of any benefit to China.

"They could only make conditions for the Chin- ese people worse by interfering with Japan

"Therefore, in their own interests that if Japan lost the war it w and those of China, it is to be hoped be the greatest benefit th that they will not venture upon such happen to her, an impractical and misguided thereby win back

A resolut on all love

The Japanese are also seeking crusade.” surrender of the stamp-making plates-Reuter.

CHAPEL A. A. GUNNERS BRING DOWN FIVE

Shanghai, To-day.

Five Japanese planes have been shot down in the past three days by Chinese anti-aircraft

Chapel.

batteries in

“QUARANTINE”

The speaker declared that Japan purchaseJa could not permit development of a "hostile Communist state” in her neighbour's territory, and added that Japan sought to “quarantine" the war in East Asia.

Mr. Rosuma alleged that the case against Japan was "largely trump- ed up Reuter.

JAPANESE ASIA DANGER TO WORLD

London, 10-day Japanese Asia would be danger to the world declared Vis The deadly accuracy of the count Cecil, presiding at a meeting Chinese A A fire has as a result in London last night in connection forced the Japanese planes to fly with the first British National Con-1 at a height between 1,500 and gress of the International 2,000 metres, rendering their Campaign. bombing efforts, never too accur ate, merely an affair of guess-

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