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HENDERSON-HITLER INTERVIEW

Berlin, To-day.

According to reports in German circles, Sir Nevile Henderson submitted to Hitler a writ- ten communication from the British Govern- ment which he supplemented with oral explana- tions. Reuter.

A JAPANESE GESTURE? Mr. Shigemitsu, Japanese Ambassa dor in London

may be Ja-

pan's next Foreign Minister.

MILITARY EXERCISES THIS WEEK

IT IS ANNOUNCED THAT IN AC- CORDANCE WITH THE NORMAL TRAINING PROGRAMME, ARRANG- ED BEFORE THE PRESENT CRISIS, MILITARY EXERCISES WILL TAKE PLACE IN

THE COLONY ON AUGUST 31 (THURSDAY) AND SEPTEMBER 1.

These exercises will affect the roads on the south and east of the island, from Shaukiwan to Pokfulam.

It is hoped that the normal traffic on any roads in this district will not be unduly disturbed, but if it is, residents will understand the reason, and will also understand, if they sce troops moving in any direction.

BID FOR BRITISH AID DENIED

Budapest, To-day. Hungarian offcial quarters. deny rumours, that the Hungarian Minis- ter to London has asked for Britain's protection if Gürman troops should try to march through Hungary,

It is stated that the Hungarian Minister saw Lord Halifax on Satur- day only for an' exchange of informa- tion.---Trans-Ocean.

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BRITISH OFFER TO JAPAN: JUST PEACE WITH CHINA, RESPECT FOR RIGHTS

London, To-day.

IN A LEADING ARTICLE on the Japanese Cabinet's resignation the "Daily Telegraph" says that whatever may be the composition of the new Ministry it is certain that trust in German mises will be no part of its creed,

STERLING

DOWN

New York, To-day. Sterling again declined on the Naw

pro-York foreign exchange market yes- terday, reflecting the further stress in Europe over the week-end.

Any rapprochement between the Soviet and Japan is not, in present circumstances, even a remote possibility, the journal adds.

The Italian assurances to Mr. Ari-

ac-

ta that Italy's attitude to Japan is unaltered by the action of her Euro- pean partner will doubtless be cepted but they cannot exercise any profound influence on the fact that the Anti-Comintern Pact is in shreds as far as Japan is concerned and that Japanese statesmanship will be in- spired by new ideas in seeking friend- ships outside her own borders.- Reuter.

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"The Times" says that Japan feels, not without some justificay tion, that she has been made "fool of.

Some Japanese must have been alive to the possibility that Hitler would let them down if it suited him, but nobody in Japan expected to be let down quite so suddenly.

NOT CONGENIAL To be dropped without warning overnight in favour of your principal enemy is not a congenial. fate, and Herr von Ribbentrop's contemptuous allusion in Moscow to the prospect of even closer German-Soviet relations truth that Japan has been treated not served to underline the unpleasant

only scurvily but as though she was a fifth-class Power.

This rankles, but apart from the affront to her pride, Japan has lost little and has learned a-valu- able lesson.

"FREE OF IDEOLOGY

She is free how to work out her enough without any ideological affilia- own destinies, which are tangled

tions; from--Europe÷s (20

Even if the situation in Europe were clearer she would have perplexities enough, but on one point the issues. before her are clear.

Her relations with Britain have a cortain importance for' Japan, and Japan's new Government will i

find on the British side no sur- prises, no ambiguity and no double dealing.

A JUST PEACE The aims of British policy in the

However, business was small, with rates purely nominal.

Other European currencies Were also subjected to pressure but the levels were held and losses were moderate.-Reuter.

Far East remain what they have been. since the war began there. This coun- (Continued on Page 28)

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