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BRITISH ANSWER TO BLOCKADE

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been sharpened in N threatening manner by the Japanese spokesman in Tientsin.

"It is clear from these statements that surrender of the four accused men is no longer regarded

as the reason for imposition of measures against the British Concession.

BRITISH PRESS DEMANDS STRICT COUNTER-MEASURES

London, To-day.

The British press continues to demand the strictest counter mea- sures against the Japanese.

The "Daily Telegraph" says the British Government cannot confine themselves to mere protests to "What is demanded is that the Tokyo if the Japanese provocations British authorities co-operate with continue. The paper hints at the Japanese in construction of a possibility that the Japanese new order in the East by abandon- tion was taken after consultation ing their pro-Chiang Kai-shek poli-with the Axis powers.

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cies, including the protection of anti- The "Daily Express" appeals Japanese Communist elements, sup- the British public to boycott Ja- port of the Chinese dollar at the panese goods while the "Daily Mail" | sacrifice of Federal Reserve Bank and the "News Chronicle" insist on notes, cornering commodities, con- the British Government taking en- nivance at the use of wireless by ergetic steps.-Trans-Ocean. lawless elements and permission use anti-Japanese schoolbooks.'

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"While therefore the position regards the four arrested Chinese remains as described, British circles cannot but take the most serious view of the further demands which have been made, raising the widest issues and affecting the rights of all those Powers which · have treaty rights in China.

"They would mean the abandon- ment under threats of force of the policy which His Majesty's Gov- ernment has followed in the past, which is the same as that of other great Powers with interests in the Far East.

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"It is still hoped that the Japan- maintain ese authorities may not the refusal to give further sideration to the proposals which have been made in order to localise the incident.

"But, if unhappily the new de- mands foreshadowed from official Japanese sources in North China should be persisted in, then it must be said that an extremely serious situation will arise, and that the British Government will have to consider what immediate and ac- tive steps they can take for the protection of British interests in China." Reuter.

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STOP PRESS

Tientsin, To-day.

The food situation is rapid- ly worsening. The Japanese have now placed motor patrol boats in the river opposite the Japanese-controlled ex-German Concession, for the purpose of turning back all boats loaded with vegetables proceeding to the British Concession.-Reu- ter.

Tientsin, To-day.

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Strict Japanese have also been enforced along the southern borders of the Concession, with the result that nothing is entering.

The prohibition extends to ice, which is a particularly de- pressing feature, as the mercury is hovering around 100 degrees. -Reuter.

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Tokyo, To-day. Following a Cabinet ing, key members of the Gov- ernment, including the Pre- mler, Foreign Minister, War Minister, Navy Minister and Finance Minister, went into conference when it is under- stood

that the Government's policy was decided on, on the basis that the Tientsin affair not only concerns the question of foreign Concessions in Tien- -tsin- but involves Japan's fundamental policy towards the foreign Concessions at Shanghai, Amoy and parts of China; --Renter.

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WITH DIFFERENT HUSBAND THIS TIME

London, To-day. The "world's sweetheart," Mary Pickford, with her husband, the jazz band king, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, left here by plane for Mos- cow in order to visit Soviet Russian film studios and children's theatre.

Mary Pickford last visited Mos- cow in 1924 with Douglas Fair- banks, then her husband.—Trans- Ocean.

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A burglar alarm rang in Central Charge Room at 10.15 o'clock this morning. The po- lice rushed around to 144 Queen's Road Central, a shop called the Cheung Kee Exchange Shop, opposite Central Market.

Their arrival considerably startled the occupants, as no armed robbery had taken place.

is A faulty connection be- lieved to have been responsible for the false alarm.

London, To-day. Numerous searchers have failed to locate the French sub- marine Phenix.

In consequences of the an- nouncement of the disappear- ance of the submarine, the French President has cancelled a luncheon which he was giv- ing in honour of the Sultan of Morocco to-day. Reuter.

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Robert George Witchell, for- merly of the Colonial Secre- tariat, was this morning sen- tenced by Mr. R. Edwards on of charges of embezzlement various sums from the Pas- sport Office.

Mr. J. B. Prentiss," Assistant- Crown Solicitor, appeared for the prosecution, while Witchell was not represented.

Mr. Prentiss said that be- tween May and September, 1938, Witchell embezzled five sums of $11 each and one of $4. A further sum of $1,068.- 68 was missing, but the Crown could not prove Witchell's guilt and this charge was not press- ed.

Witchell, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to three months on the $4 charge, three months on the first $11 charge and three months on each of the re- maining charges.

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