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DISCREPANCY IN FIGURES

Canton, To-day.

A claim that Chinese of all classes are returning to Canton at the rate of 4,000 a month was made at the first Japanese press conference, held this morning.

The majority of the arrivals are said to be return- ing via Macao, although a number of people are coming back direct from Hong Kong.

Four thousands

a month re- presents only 48,000 a year, but

the Japanese spokesman GUARANTEES

gave

the present population of Canton at 800,000 or at least ten times the number when the Japanese marched in last October.

FOR INTEGRITY

It was announced that in order OF RUMANIA?

to remove all possible objections to the return of the better classes of Chinese to Canton, the Japan-

Paris, To-day. ese military authorities would In French political circles it is shortly rescind the order compell-regarded as a special sensation ing all Chinese adults to wear the that the British Ambassador in "Good Citizen" badges.

It is open knowledge that Chin-Paris, Sir Eric Phipps, went to the ese of all classes detest wearing French Chamber on Saturday after- the badges which they consider to be a humiliation.

"RECONSTRUCTION”

Questioned regarding the situa-

noon where the debate was in pro-

gress about the grant of plenary

tion on the borders of Canton, powers to the French Government the spokesman said that all was and there, insisted in the most cm- quiet at present, and there was phatic manner, on having instant no fighting of any kind.

Turning to Japanese efforts at conversation with the French Prime reconstruction, the spokesman de-Minister, M. Edouard Daladier. clared that a regular commercial

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air line service between Canton After this conversation, M. Dala- and Formosa would be inaugur-dier had the Foreign Minister, M. ated shortly, that the Chinese-Bonnet, called out of the Chamber owned Tungkwan Sugar Factory, with the same urgency, M. Bonnet the largest of its kind it South at once proceeding to the Quai China, would shortly

d'Orsay. resume

operations under the auspices of M. Bonnet

had hardly arrived

the Japan Sugar Association and there when the Rumanian Ambassa- that road construction in the dor took a seat opposite him in the suburbs of the city was heing ministers' private room. pushed with great vigour. - Reuter.

NORWAY NOT SEEKING ANY GUARANTEES

Oslo, To-day.

Norway does not want her security to be guaranteed by Bri- tain or any group of Powers, de- clared the President of Norwe- gian Parliament, J. C. Hambro, yesterday, in an address during which he emphasised Norwegian determination to preserve neu- trality.

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:

French diplomatic circles assume - that the subject of these so hurried- ly-conducted conversations was the grant of a Franco-British guarant- tee for the integrity of the Ruman- ian State.

The French afternoon newspa- pers had already reported from Bucharest that Rumania would take diplomatic steps in Paris and Lon- don in order to resist the claims of the German south-eastern policy.- Trans-Ocean.

KULING ATTACK ABANDONED

Mr. Hambro referred to a pro-

Nanchang, To-day.. posal made in the House of Com- The Japanese have discontinued mons that Great Britain should their attack on the 3,800-feet pre- guarantee the indepedence of the cipice of Kuling where a strong. Scandinavian countries, and went force of defenders remain unbudged. on to state: "We have never be lieved in the value of such guaran-fully-six months' resistance, have The defenders of Kuling, after

tees.

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Our neutrality policy cannot had the satisfaction of being able based on false feelings of security to keep the Japanese at bay, and but must be founded on our own exacting heavy tolls of repeated un-

s of reposted ability to defend our neutrality successful attacks. against all sides.

The

defenders have "A ̄one-sided neutrality ceases to erected an intricate system of de be neutrality."

fence amid well concealed natural positions which defled the mechanig- ed might of the Japanese.

He concluded by remarking that Norway's will for neutrality could be best expressed in time of peace through stronger defence forces, Trans-Ocean.

The Japanese now seem satisfied to keep defensive positions at the foot of the hill →→Central News.