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THREE JAPANESE TRANSPORTS ARRIVE OFF TAKU BAR

GERMANY'S ATTITUDE

Toward Sino-Japanese

Another

Conflict

authoritative statement on

Berlin, July 24. Germany's attitude. toward the Sino-Japanese confilci in North China, was issued here to-day. 2

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The statement says from the outset Germany has followed with profound concern the disturbance in the political relations of the two great Far Eastern peoples, xtace, although in pursuit at no political objectives whatever in that region, the Reich nevertheless has considerable economie interests there, which would, naturally be seriously affected by any disturbance.

Hence Germany's ardent desire that, as in Europe, a settlement will be achieved assuring economic re- construction and International ex- change of goods."

ANTI-COMMUNIST AGREEMENT Basis of these defamations ap parantly is the Garman-Japanese anti-Communist agreement, which has nothing to do with the Sino- Japanese conflict.

After referring to the declara The allegations are typical of tion along these lines made by the the irresponsible manner in which German Ambassador in Washing-

It has become customary to re- ton, and to its good reception by present Germany's political aims world opinion, the statement pro-and interests to the rest of the tests in strong terms against al- | world. legations made over foreign wire- Buch public utterances can in no less stations to the effect that Ger- ] way draw stżention away from the many and Italy would welcome in fact as to who might in reality®be-

NO SIGN OF TROOPS

WAR

LANDING

MATERIALS UNLOADED

CHINESE EVACUATING FROM CHAPEI

AND HONGKEW

TIENTSIN, JULY 25: CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT WAS. SIONED HERE THIS MORNING BY

OCCA

JAPANESE TRANSPORTS OFF TAKUARIVAL OF THREE

THE ENTRANCE TO TIENTSIN RIVER. A NUMBER OF LIGHTERS WENT ALONGSIDE THE TRANSPORTS AND IT WAS BELIEVED THAT ADDITIONAL JAPANESE TROOPS HAD ARRIVED TO REINFORCE THE JAPANESE FORCES. BUT OBSERVERS REPORT THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY tensification of the Bino-Japanese interested in the outbreak of hos THERE IS NO SIGN OF TROOPS, AT PRESENT THOUGH IT IS ONLY WAR MATERIALS AND STORES WERE BEING, UNLOADED.

POSSIBLE THAT SOME ARE ABOARD THE TRANSPORTS REUTER."

conflict in view of the Spanish | tfiities between China and Japan/

civil war.

JAPANESE PRESS

A CAUSTIC COMMENT

Transocean New Service:

ACTS

July 18 (Sunday)--Japan sent ultimatum to China, demanding,

|_ July, 19—––Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek made a statement that

China could not sacrifice her sovereign rights even at the ex- pense of war. The Japanese de- mands were refused.

One of the most regrettable as- among other points, immediate pects of the whole affair is the cessation of provocative activities attitude the Japanese press is by the Central Government. voicing in its editorial comments. a point of view which perhaps is not, altogether unexpected, but which is certainly not chiculated to sooth Chiness feelings or ease the task of the coming conterence. says the "Japan Chronicle" in ai leading article on the Sino-Japan ese situation. There is a general recognition of the 'dangers which lurk in the background, but a ..complete inability to understand the nature of the Chinese desire for a change in the political 'con- ditions which have ruled the Hopeh-Chahar area since the Tangku Armistice put an end to the fighting in North China near-

July 20-Attack on Wanping by Japanese troops with incendiary shells.

July 21-Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ordered 60.000 troops to the north and 350 aeroplanes to standby.

July 22-Tension eases, "Wait and Sée" tactics adopted.

July 23-Japanese troops rein- force front line.

July 24-Sung agreement dis-

İy five years ago. Typical of these cussed: China tends towards firmi comments is that of the Tokyo | stand: «Japanese bluejacket ab- Hochi. Having cited recent un- | ducted in Shanghal. satisfactory conditions

An the July 25-Taree Japanese trans- North, the decree forbidding the ports arrive off Tientsin.

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CHINA GOLD FOR AMERICA

Shanghai, July 25. "It is reported that a third ship ment of silver specie is to be made ahortly to America in accordance with the Sino-American silver agreement in America, it will be exchanged for gold to add to the fund held abroad to guarantee the Chinese currency.

It is also revealed that the Farmers Bank of China recently shipped $20,000,000 worth of silver abroad in the strictest secrecy as a precaution against the North China crisis- Union News.

SIR JAMES BARRIE'S ESTATE

EVACUATION OF CHINESE

SHANGHAI, JULY 25-LARGE SCALE EXODUS BY THE PANIC STRICKEN CHINESE FROM" CHAPEL AND HONGKEW IS PROCEEDING FOLLOWING THE ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF THE JAPANESE BLUE JACKET, SÅDAO MIYAZAKI- LAST NIGHT ACCORDING TO A JAPANESE CIVI- LIAN, FOLLOWING A BRAWL BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND THREE JAPANESE BLUE JACKETS WITHIN 200 YARDS OF THE JAPANESE GARRISON HEADQUARTERS.

JAPANESE PATROLS IN FULL WAR KIT BEGAN TO HUNT ALL OVER HONGKEW, STOP- PING ALL CARS, BUSES AND TRAMCARS FOR A SEARCH. MYSTERY IS INJECTED TO THE IN- CIDENT BY THE FACT THAT THE JAPANESE CIVILIAN WHO CLAIM TO HAVE EYE-WITNESSED THE BRAWL, AND ABDUCTION GAVE A FALSE NAME AND ADDRESS TO A JAPANESE, BLUE JACKET TO WHOM HE HANDED A CAP AND TIE PURPORTING TO BELONG TO MIYAZAKI AND THE MYSTERY IS HEIGHTENED `DUE TO THE FURTHER FACT THAT MIYAZAKI'S ALLEGED COMRADES HAVE NOT DISCLOSED THEIR IDENTITY. --

SITUATION GLOOMY SAY JAPANESE

PEIPING-THE SITUATION IN NORTH CHINA IS DESCRIBED BY THE JAPANESE MILITARY AUTHORITIES HERE AGAIN AS GLOOMY "BECAUSE OF CHINESE · INSINCERITY.” · THEY COM- PLAIN THAT ONLY ONE REGIMENT OF THE 37TH DIVISION HAVE UP TO NOW EVACUATED FUR- FROM PEIFING WHILE TWO REGBIENTS OF THE 132ND DIVISION - HAVE ARRIVED. THERMORE CHINESE TROOPS ELSEWHERE ARE ONLY WITHDRAWING A SHORT DISTANCE AND ARE BUILDING NEW ENTRENCHMENTS INSTEAD OF RETIRING TO THE SOUTH.

ANOTHER MESSAGE IS TO THE EFFECT. THAT THE JAPANESE MILITARY AUTHORITIES HAVE EXPRESSED DISSATISFACTION AT THE SLOW PROGRESS OF- EVACUATION OF THE, STTH DIVISION AND INDICATED THEY WOULD AWAIT THE RESULTS FOR A DAY OR TWO BEFORE. TAKING INDEPENDENT ACTION TO EXPEDITE” THEIR WITHDRAWAL-REUTER.

CHINA MUST RETAIN HOPEI

ANOTHER ARMED bahed to-day by the Central Military Academy at Yen Tang,

ROBBERY

FARMER AND FAMILY TERRORISED

An armed robbery occurred at Nim Wai Village, in the vicinity of Castle Peak, early yesterday morn ing. According to a police, report Yung Kwal a farmer, and his family, including a bind woman, the door of the hut was battered 70 years of age, were asleep when

Canton, July 25 That Hopei should be retained by China at all costs because it has heavy deposits in iron and coal is, stressed in an article by Dr. O. W. Liang in the "New Canton Weekly"

Representing opinion among educated circles in Canton, the writer pointed out that 93 per cent. Iron of Chinx and 34 per cent, coal are deposited in North China.

Giving the popular Chinese view, he said that defeat after resistance is better than concession, as cóntinuous yielding means the loss of morale and nationalism and consequently the Impossibility of the revival of China as a racial and independent nation-Union News.

GOVERNMENT

SUBSIDY TO

TRAMP SHIPS

British owners of tramp ships

London, July 25,-

six marauders, armed with have reached a decision to con- daggers and revolvers. tinue on a voluntary baris the "After overpowering their victims | measures cooperation which the robbers tied them with ropes originated as a condition of the and huddled them all on one bed Government subsidy in 1935. The

guarded by a robber while the scheme of cooperation provides for

other five indulged in ransacking | observance the hamlet.

London, July 24.

#The, robbers decamped with $12, forz and other goods including chickens, gation over Bir James Barrie's rice paddy, and a pig to the tota will is foreshadowed by the an- value of 3150. nor erent that his nephew, Mr. According to the Winter has entered at infant daughter rela against the will. The total with which the family” amount of the will- has not yet Fed been disclosed but is estimated to be between £200,000 and £300.000. Reuter's Bulletin Bervice,

The robbers were clothing and mole dialect with

imum freight,

CHINA'S NEEDS:

JAPAN'S DEMANDS

Under the above heading the

Japanese altuation are given Editor's comments on the Bino-