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MANCHUKUO

OFF

BUTTER

BREAKS

NEGOTIATIONS

Will Endeavour To "Localise" Border Incident

"Attempt To Settle JAPANESE

Matter In Own

Way"

Tokyo, To-day.

Diplomatic negotiations between the Soviet and

WILL AN EXTRA

BOMBERS OVER CANTON

TEST MATCH

BE PLAYED?

they are still about. Correspondent.

GARAN

AMOY SHELLING ber should be decided on

It is pointed out that the rub

five games and not four

Canton, 2.25 p.m., 1

To-day A special report from London Six Japanese planes are cir- states that a suggestion has Manchukuo concerning the Soviet-Manchukuo cling over Canton having been been put up that Australia border "incident," has been broken off in ac-overhead for some considerable should abandon her matches against Scotland and Durham on cordance with a decision reached at the conclu- time.

August 4, 5, 6 and 8 and play an sion of a conference at Harbin, states a mes- Twice in the course of their extra Test Match commencing on cruising flight they have passed August 5 to compensate for the sage received here this morning.

right over Shameen.var

loss of the match at Old Traf- As Moscow has paid no attention to protests filed in

They paused in their monoton-ford. connection with the alleged invasion of Man-ous circling for a brief spell a Officials in close touch with little while ago to drop six bombs the England and Australian chukuo territory by Soviet troops, the Manchu on Saichuen, but that is the ex- Board of Control would have to kuo authorities have decided to warn the So-tent of their "strafe" although give consent.

Our Own The “extra Test" if played viet that Manchukuo will "localise" the inci-

would take place a fortnight be- dent and "attempt to settle it in their own way.”

fore the Final Test which is due The Soviet must shoulder all, return here from a vacation. call-

to begin at the Oval on August responsibility for any develop-ed upon the Foreign Commissar,

20. ments in connection with Man-M. Litvinoff, yesterday, in order chukuo's attempt to settle the to open discussions concerning matter, stated a high official of the frontier incident at Hunshun. the Manchukuo Foreign Office, The Ambassador, declared that according to the same source of the frontier post occupied by the information.

Soviet troops in the Hunshun re- It was also reported this morn-gion belonged to Manchukuo, as ing that the Soviet had conveyed documents in the hands of the to Manchukuo authorities a Japanese Government prove beyond warning not to interfere with any doubt, and demanded the im- Soviet internal affairs, apparent-mediate withdrawal of the Soviet ly referring to the defence works troops. which the Soviet troops occupied M. Litvinoff thereupon once more during the week-end.

asserted that the Soviet troops did In spite of the further de-not violate the Manchukuo frontier mands for Soviet troops to be since the occupied town lies-in the view of the Soviet Government withdrawn, the "invaders" are

—within Soviet Russian territory. still in the area, and more troops are continually arriving in the Although the conference between the Japanese Ambassador and M. near vicinity. Our Own Cor-Litvinoff lasted one hour and a respondent.

half, no agreement was reached.— Trans-Ocean.

DECISION ON MEASURES

Tokyo, To-day. SHAMEEN READY TO

GREET H.E.

The Japanese Minister of War, General Seishiro Itagaki, conferred with the Japanese For- eign Minister, General Ugaki concerning the Changkufeng in- cident, and subsequently discuss ed the situation with high Army officers and, it is reported, ex- changed views or

on the measures to be taken in the event that the diplomatic negotiations towards a peaceful settlement finally fail.

Reuter.

MR. SHIGEMITSU SEES LITVINOFF IN VAIN

Moscow, To-day. The Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shigemitsu, who was ordered to

Canton, 2.25 p.m., To-day. Shameen is putting on its Sunday best" to greet Sir Geoffry Northcote, the Governor of Hong Kong, who is expected here in the Tarantula at 3.80 p.m.

-Our Own Correspondent. ovrfH

CHOLERA

Six cases of Cholera, two from Victoria, three from Kow- loon and one from Shaukiwan, were reported to the Medical De- partment in the 24 hours ended at midnight..

Foochow, To-day.“ land have been intermittently shell- Japanese batteries on Amoy Is- ing Tungan and Haiteng on the demolishing large numbers of civi- mainland during the last few days, lian houses. Central News.

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