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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 27, 1988.

BRITAIN'S ACTION MAY SAVE THE SITUATION

Paris, To-day.

The British initiative in proposing to send the for- mer President of the Board of Trade, Lord Runciman, to Prague as adviser and arbitrator in the minorities question and the Czech action in accepting the offer is welcomed here since the opinion was general in political circles that the Nationalities Statute would not be accept- ed by the Sudeten Germans and that a new crisis was imminent. It is believed that England's action at the eleventh hour may save the situation. "Le Matin” ex- presses the opinion that Berlin approved Bri- tain's action on the assumption that it is to pre- cede the resumption of the Anglo-German negotiations.”

The paper predicts that the ne- MENACE OF

gotiations in Prague will now lead

to a "honourable settlement" since

all interested parties are determin- JAPANESE

ed to come to a reasonable settle- ment. The "Jour" declares that in accepting the British proposal the Prague Government has taken a decisive step towards the goal of peace, and the "Petit Journal" states that England has now accepted, the role of a referee and will lead the negotiations to a successful conclu- sion.—Trans-Ocean.

HAINAN THREAT

Paris, To-day.

The question of whether Japan- ese occupation of the island of Hainan would form a threat to the security of French Indo-China is discussed in the semi-official “Petit The Czech attitude towards Parisien” by the deputy for that the British initiative in sending colony. Jan de Beaumont.

CZECH ATTITUDE

Prague, To-day.

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the former President of the

Board of Trade, Lord Runciman,

The author recalls various

taken by successive

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to Prague is revealed in a state measures ment by the Czecho-Slovak Press French Governments to prevent the occupation of Hainan. In Bureau

The Press Bureau confines its 1898, China gave undertaking statement to the assertion that Lord that the island would never be RKO Radio Runciman will come to Prague as fortified and, as an extra precau- adviser to Czechoslovak Governmenttion, France obtained the conces- out sion of Kwangchow-wan, a terri- but "Lidove Noviny" points

thousand _with__some____emphasis that Lord tory measuring one Runciman's mission will be that of square-kilometres situated on the an observer and that he will have mainland in Southern China, dir-

ectly opposite Hainan. no special powers of any kind.

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In 1907, France concluded an The Press Bureau repeating Bri-

agreement with Japan regarding tish comment states that with the the island of Hainan. She has approval of the Czechoslovak Goy-

now taken a further step by pro- ernment, the nationalities problem ceeding to the occupation of the will be the subject of negotiations Paracel Islands. between the Czechoslovak Govern- ment, Lord

and the The author goes on to say that Sudeten German. Party with the the occupation of the strategically end in view of arriving at a com-important island of Hainan would promise agreement which will then not only seriously menace Indo- be submitted to the Prague Parlia- China but also gravely endanger | ment in the form of a bill.

Runciman

BRITAIN ALSO

British interests. The article con- NOTE OF WARNING

cludes that, it must be made de- "Lidove Noviny" says that Lord finitely clear to the Japanese Gov- Runciman will be welcome in Prague ernment that any attempt to estab- as an observer who "will supply his lish its authority over the island government with an accurate re- of Hainan would encounter the port and thus the augment truthful joint resistance of France and Bri- information" which the goverment tain. Trans-Ocean.

has already received from its Minis

ter in Prague.

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The paper adds a note of warn- ing, however, in advising: Lord Run- ciman that the tasks of such an observer must be so well defined as to leave no misunderstanding re- garding the observative and Infor mative character of his mission. Trans-Ocean.

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