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JAPANESE

AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

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STATEMENT

ON SOUTH CHINA

"When Attack Will Come Not Yet Determined"

RESIGNATION

OF PRINCE

KONOYE COMING

Tokyo, 2 p.m. Today. Rumours of serious internal poli-

open

tical friction in Japan were provid-IT ed with fresh fuel by a more or less admission in high quarters to-day that Prince Konoye may shortly tender his resignation to the Emperor.

It is now revealed that-the- Prime Minister, the nominee of

Prince Saionji, has not attended a meeting of the Cabinet for more than a month, on the pre- text of a cold, although several conferences have taken place at his residence, which has been visited by high officials, political and military.

No

Railway Will Be Cut By Bias Bay Column

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

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

ULTIMATUM TO YEN HSI-SHAN

Tientsin, 2.27 p.m. To-day.

It is reliably learned that the Japanese Command at Taiyuanfu, on instructions from headquarters, yesterday presented Marshal Yen

was made clear by a War Office spokesman this Hsi-shan with a two-day ultimatum, morning that "Canton is definitely in the Jap-giving him until noon to motrow anese military programme in China and is al-(Thursday) to abandon hostility

to Japan. ready under close military observation.” attack, however, is likely to be made for some time, certainly not until January is advanced, according to the spokesman.

The ultimatum points out that with the fall of Nanking the Chinese Government has been scattered, and gives Yen. Hsi- shan an opportunity of throwing

"When the attack will come has not yet been de-in his lot with the "provisional termined. Japan is giving China an opportuni-government recently formed in Peiping, and thereby coming ty to reconsider her position. If China persists under Japanese protection in her present policy, then the elimination of Canton as a factor will become one of the first military objectives.”

"Your reply will be awaited until noon on December 30. If no reply is received, the Japan- ese forces will be free in their It is believed that plans for Canton along the line.

actions and you will be treated as Belief here is that Prince

There is reason to believe that a Japanese enemy," says the Konoye finds himself unable to the invasion have long been pre- subscribe to the policies of the pared and that the scheme for the recent activities of Japanese ultimatum.· ́

two naval forces in South China Marshal Yen Hsi-shan is at military in the international field the campaign envisages

have had as their objective the Pingyang, and 24 hours after though he has withheld resignation lines of approach. -with the object of preserving an

testing of the reactions of third presentation of the ultimatum, no Powers. outward appearance of unanimity

Our Own Correspon-reply had been vouchsafed dent.

Our Own Correspondent. in Japanese Government circles.

RESIGNATION IMMINENT

One force is likely to be

• landed in Bias Bay and an- other to the west of Macao with an attack on Canton, through the Chungshan Dis- trict as its aim.

K.C.R. WILL BE CUT The Bias Bay column-

will

Now that the Panay Incident has been settled without serious con- sequences and the Ladybird Inci-cut the Kowloon-Canton Railway dent seems assured of early settle-(Chinese Section) and attack ment, it is believed that his re- signation will not long be delayed. Meantime, no date has yet been fixed for the big "War. Council" of the Cabinet, Imperial Headquarters and the Emperor, which was sud- denly postponed some eleven days ago-Our Own Correspondent.

U.S. WARNING

ON EXTRALITY

Shanghai, To-day.

WILL TSINGTAO The United States Consulate

CAPITULATE?

Shanghai, To-day. According to reports reaching Shanghai the Chinese in Tsingtao do not expect serious resistance to be offered to the Japanese advance, in pursuance of the new Chinese policy of not fighting pitched battles.

There is a chance that Tsingtao In may capitulate peacefully.

Certainly, the Japanese will not want to bombard or bomb the town, and foreigners are hoping that the well-known summer resort will be

red the horrors of war. Ocean

here had been instructed by the State Department to as- certain without delay whe ther the new regulations issued by Japanese Authori ties imply that arrested American nationals will no longer be brought up for trial before extra territorial American court, but before Japanese Military courts. latter case, so it is said, the State Department wishes the Consulate to warn the

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Japanese that the new re- gulations are bound to pro- duce new friction between Japan and United States. Trans-Ocean.

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