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NEW NOTE TO JAPAN INCREASES TENSION

Demands Guarantee Of Respect For H.K. Integrity

ROUND-UP OF

"RADICALS" IN JAPAN

Tokyo, To-day.

An official statement on the ar-

rests of Radicals in Japan says that 730, including the president of the executive committee of the Proletarian Party, are now in gaol.

Several members of the House

of Representatives have also been

arrested.

CABINET CALLED TO EVENING CONFERENCE

London, To-day.

Tension between Britain and Japan has grown worse following despatch of the protest against the Customs cruiser incident in Hong Kong waters.

The Note is stated to be an explicit demand for assurances and guarantees that the integrity of Hong Kong will be fully respected.

INTERNAL CONFLICT IN TOKYO

Tokyo, 2 p.m. To-day. Well-informed quarters here declare that there is serious-con- perial Headquarters on various

flict between the Cabinet and Im-

matters arising out of the "China Incident, including the

protests of Britain and America

In fact, it is said to go much further than the British protest last week, as that Note merely de-against various incidents Many incriminating documents manded assurances against repetition of incidents An outward show of unity is be- were seized by the police all over within British territory. Japan, which furnished the Minis

ter of the Interior with legal a strument for dissolving all Radical parties.

It was generally assumed that Britain would wait for the Ja panese reply to the first Note be! fore proceeding to take further steps, and yesterday's developments took political quarters by surprise. Sign of the new state of tension It is officially alleged that the is the fact that the Cabinet was parties were preparing revolution

The parties dissolved include the Proletarian Party, the Workers and Peasants Party and the all-Japan Council of Labour Unions.

DOG FIGHT OVER POYANG LAKE

Nanchang, To-day.

ing preserved for the present, but there are growing signs of open dis- pute.

Reliable sources state that the civilian members of the Cabinet are exceedingly nervous regarding Ja- pan's financial position, and hold the view that public opinion is op- posed to the spirit actuating Im- Japanese aircraft carried out a perial Headquarters, who seek dras raid in force on Nanchang yestic action in China with defiance of terday afternoon, and a dog-fight the feelings of the Powers Our in which 23 Chinese and 20 Jap-Own Correspondent anese machines took part occur

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Both sides lost several madent

under the direction of foreign again summoned yesterday even-red over Poyang Lake. agents, and were spreading pro-ing after its lengthy session in the paganda among Japanese troops at morning, while the afternoon was the front-Trans-Ocean.

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employed by Ministers whose partments are directly concerned with Far Eastern matters for con-

JAPAN'S MILITARY sultations with their chief advisers.

BUDGET

EVENING CABINET

The evening meeting of the Ca-

Tokyo. To-day. binet, which lasted nearly two Japanese military officers hours, was apparently devoted ex- headed by the War Minister, clusively to the Far East.

General Sugiyama, this morning

met representatives of the Diet

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Although nothing of a positive

and informed them that the character was said in the House of Army Budget, irrespective of the Commons yesterday afternoon, cost of operations in China, when reference was again made to would total 564,594,000 yen. Our Own Correspondent.

U.S. FLEET MANOEUVRES

Tokyo, To-day Japanese newspapers give great prominence to the report that the American Fleet will as- semble at Hawan for manoeuvres early next year.

stated that th begin on March time until April 30, Correspondent.

the Far East, the pronouncements of the Foreign Secretary, and First. Lord of the Admiralty are thought to be not without significance.

UNSATISFACTORY”

Both Ministers described the si- tuation as being "unsatisfactory, but diplomatic quarters say that it was the tone and accent of their words which conveyed to their heal ers an idea of how gravely the Gov- ernment actually regards the pre- sent situation

There are also sig that this view is shared by Washington and

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