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U.S. PUBLIC UNITED STATES CONCERNED WITH THE BROADER

OPINION

ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN TIENTSIN; MR. HULL'S STATEMENT

ANTI-JAPAN

(Reuter)- LONDON, June 20 The New York correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" says that the China situation is by fare the leading subject of public attention in the United States.

The Americans feel that the Japanese pressure on Great Britain is really Intended to affect all members of the white race in East Asia. Public opinion in the United States has hardened enorTILOUS. " ly against Japan in the past few months.

Widespread enquiries a year ago} showed that the majority of Ameri- cans were reluctant to impose an

·embargo on trade with Japan. Similar "enquiries, just completed, show that the reverse is now true.

WHERE SWING DANCING IS BANNED

Another Version Of Degenerate Art

MR. CORDELL HULL

Princesses Will Join Royal Liner

LONDON, June 20 (BWS)—The

Empress of Britain, which is now in smoother water and is main-i

"TIMELY, DIRECT"

Japan Putting To Test

Test America's Degree Of Passivity, Say "Figaro"

NEW YORK, JUNE 20 7REDTER)—THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, MR. CORDELL HULL'S STATEMENT THAT THE UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED WITH THE BROADER ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN TIENTSIN IS DECLARED BY THE "NEW YORK TIMES" TO BE "AS TIMELY AS IT IS DIRECT."

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The paper continues that on the initiative of the Japanese themselves an unimportant incident, was deliberately made an occasion for a direct challenge to the whole structure of British treaty rights in China.

The paper adds, “As a nation having our own treaties with China we are bound to be concerned with the method and objective of the Japanese attack and with the implications it holds for us."...

TRUE SIGNIFICANCE TO AFFAIR

PARIS, June 20 (Reuter)The attitude of the United States in Tientsin affairs is widely discussed in the press some papers declaring that America holds the balance there.

Figaro" considers that the big service that Japan is rendering the Axis is putting to the test the degree of passivity of the United States in that part of the world where the Americans are directly interested.

HAMBURG, June 20 (Trans-taining a steady 18 to 20 knots, 13 JAPANESE CABINET MEETING:

ocean)-Proprietors of eating wight, at 12.30 on Thursday.

timed to reach Needles, Isle of establishments and dancing

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Princess Elizabeth and Princess

"halls in St. Pauli, renowned Margaret are to join the Royal entertainment district, have uner in the Solent from the Royal

Tientsin Situation

decided to ban- all so-called barge and will accompany the Being Considered In

swing dances. The introduc-King and Queen to Southampton tion of "swing" in a number in the limer. Naval motor torpedo

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Conjunction With The

In Europe

TWO INJURED IN

CAR

COLLISION

WITH BUS

A man and a woman were

Another Ice Field

BUTS

(Yorkshire Observer)

AMNESTY DECREED BY HITLER

falightly injured as the result of a·· BERLIN, June 20 (Reuter)-Herr - collision between private car. No. Hitler has decreed amnesty for all |2763 and büs No. 836, near · Tin. Sudetenland prisoners sentenced Hat Temple Street, King's Road, for political offences under the The attitude of the United, about 6 p.m. yesterday.

former Czechoslovak Government. States will eventually give true The woman, Mrs. Woo Tack-son, Political prisoners in the protec significance to the Tientsin affair, was learning to drive and was torates of Bohemia and Moravia the paper adds.

accompanied by Liu Hong, will also benefit from the amnesty

under certain conditions,

| Hcënced "ditver. *****

Mrs. Woo and Liu Hong were allowed to leave the Queen Mary |Hospital after treatment,

da ga dark

"L'Epoque" "says that be- hind the covering of diploma- tic pradence and wisdom it És necessary that there should be apparent absolute firmnestra and determination not to Held" on the essential points."

L'Ordre" states that Mr. Cor- dell Hull's statement can be inter-

CHINA WAR NEWS:

CHINESE

preted as a warning to Japan and CHINESE Terres of Per Developments

St. Pauli had given rise, not up the Southampton water,

Members of both Houses Par- only to a good deal of un- favourable comment, but injliament, the session of which will some places to wild scenes or be suspended, will assemble in the protest.

Proprietors formed a com- come as the King and Queen pass mission to investigate

the on

Waterloo their drive from matter and to get out a re-Station to Buckingham Palace on port. When members of the Thursday evening.

commission had made a tour

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of the dancing halls they re-.

ported that swing was un-

desirable as it was another

version of a degenerate art.

It demanded of couples "bent

reserved space in Parliament Square to join in the public wel-

INTERFERENCE

→

WITH H.M.S. SCARAB

SHANGHAI, June 20 (Reuter)-

knees, crooked spines and a Japanese allegations that men of look of suffering."

H.M.S. Scarab pointed machine- guns at the Japanese RIB cate. gorically denied by the British naval authorities here. Moreover, only have the |British naval authorities not yet received the protest alleged, to have been addressed to them," but

FAR EAST NOT it is added, not

INCLUDED IN

SOVIET TALKS

TOKYO, June 20 (Reuter)-The situation in Tien- tsin is being considered by the Japanese Government In conjunction with the developments in Europe.

The Cabinet met this morning prior to which the Prime Minister (Baron Hiranuma), Foreign Minister (Mr. H. Arita) and War Minister (General Itagaki) discussed the international situation with particular --reference to Tientsin..

The seventh day of the "isola-

REAL OBJECTIVE tion" of the British and French

OF JAPANESE MILITARISTS

Concessions in Tientsin found the city sweltering with the thermo meter showing over 100 degrees Farenheit,

The United States D'Affaires vlaited

the Foreign

an affirmation of the solidarity between Washington, London and Paris.

There is no doubt, the paper adds; that the United States will constitute a decisive factor in the balance.

Australia's Position

Charge TRADE AGREEMENT

WITH JAPAN

Office in Tokyo yesterday and de livered notes against the stoppage SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuter)

The amriesty does not apply to any sentenced for high treason. against the Reich.

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BACK

JAPANESE IN S. SHANSI: BIG ATTACK IN HONAN

of

AIO

SIAN, June 20 (Central)-Following their recapture Pinglu and Tächengtsun," Chinese forces in South Shansi steadily pushing back the Japanese to Changtienehen, south of Hstahsien.

To cover their retreat the Japanese set fire to the villages on the way.

Chinese units a few days ago and supplies between Hoti and attacked the remnant Japanese Wensi.

to the north-east of Maotsintu. A Japanese "mopping up" cam- important Yellow River crossingpaign in the hilly regions hear east of Pingly, and forced them Fencheng met with reverses re- to flee in a westerly direction. cently when Chinese mits, lying Yiantitaun, strategic point in the in ambusli at strategic points, vicinity, was retaken..

aubfected the invaders to intense Foreshadowing fresh Japanese cross fire.

Valuable Trade

of supplies to Kulangsu declaring Australia is following the Tien-attempts to push southwards, large Secrets

that Japan's tactics acem incred-tain situation all the more closer numbers of Japanese reinforce-Fens and Heilungkwan, north- Japanese westward thrusts from LONDON, June 20 (Reuter)ble and, also, protesting against because Canberra is negotiating ments are reported to they themselves have protested Tientsin continues to be the big the recent bombing of United for a short term trade agreement arrived in Wenal and Halahsien. days have been repelled by the have west of Linfen, in the past few against the unwarranted inter feature in all newspapers accom- States property in China. LONDON, June 20 (Reuter)-Reference by the Japanese with, Bri-panied by special articles dealing

with Japan which last year bought The number of Japanese troops in Chinese. ports that the Far East was in- tish. gunboat Scarab legally at- with every phase of the crisis. DOWNING STREET MEETING nearly £6,000,000 worth of Aus-Wensi has been, increased to over cluded in the talks between Mr. tempting to land supplies for the Hessel Titman, writing in the

tralian goods.

4,000 while that in Eskahsien to William Strang, the Foreign Office use of the British navy, ashore "News Chronicle emphasizes the LONDON, June 20 (Reuter) The Nevertheless, the "Sydney Morn 3,000

Foreign Affairs Committee of the ing Herald" expresses the opinion expert, and M. Molotov, Soviet For-

wealth of the British Concession.

Transportation Of Troops eign Commissar, are declared to be A sequel to the subsidy for ship-Its wharves, warehouses and valu- Cabinet met for 1 hours and are that

Australia must support Japanese motor lorries have entirely untrue in official circles in ping granted by the British Gov-able trade secrets are the real ob meeting against at No. 10 Downing economic reprisals if they are ne-been busily transporting troops London where it is emphasized ernment is an order placed for 150 fnctive of the Japanese militarists. Street to give further considera-cessary. No part of the Empire tion to the situation in the Tar will be more formidably affected that the talks are proceeding on cargo ships totalling 3,250,000 tona. "Until the Concessions belong a strictly European basis

to the Japanese they cannot claim East arising from the blockade of than Australls by the destruction! North China as part of the Japan- the British and French Conces of Britain's position, in the Far

sions in Tientsin. It is understood East, that the progress of talks in Mos- Cow was also reviewed.

--(Reuter).

Imperial Airways" New Giant Flying-Boat

Destroyed By Fire.

Is

LONDON, JUNE 20 (REUTER)-IMPERIAL AIR- WAYS' FLYING-BOAT CONNEMARA, one of the new flying-boats assigned to the North Atlantic air mail route, was destroyed by fire at Hythe yesterday.

The six men on board jumped off. Four of them escaped unhurt and one was injured, but the sixth is missing.

Transocean adds that according to first investiga- tion of the disaster an explosion occurred while the boat was taking fuel.

The Connemara was shortly to be used on the trans-Atlantic air service.

Imperial Airways, says a Reuter message from London, state that the replacement for the flying- boat for the Atlantic Fleet is already under construc tion and will be ready for service in the summer. Con- sequently, the loss of the Connemara is not likely to delay the start of the North Atlantic service.

ese empire,” adds the writer.

Beprisals Danger?

Vernon Bartlett, in the News- Chronicle" stresses that the danger of reprisals against Japan would expose the Tientsin residents: to some violent reaction by the Jap anese Northern Army "but it would be a mistake to confuse the resulting hesitation with readiness

BRITONS ARE SUBJECTED TO

to surrender to Japan on the DISCRIMINATION

larger question of respective In- terests in the Far sasi

TOKYO, June 20 (Reuter)

STOLEN MOTOR CAR TRACED

European Police Officer Injured

The effect of Japanese, Intran-call which the British Ambassador, Lance-Bergt. Rothwell, in a sigence is to increase the British Sir Robert Cralgie, made on the port, stated taas on information desine to help the Chinese and will Foreign Minister to day lasted for received that private car No. 3578 probably facilitate the long-await fteen minutes.

ed Anglo-Soviet pact.

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From Our Own Correspondent

London silver down 1/2 for Forw

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had been stole from Chatham According to Japanese sources, Road, he traced the car with an Sir Robert requested equal treat-8. D. van and tried to stop the ment for British residents with stolen vehicle.

other foreign nationals and de- He drove to the Junction of Ma cured that Britons were sub

to discrimination by the Balticities.

Junie 20 19-5/819-1/8 Sear 0-3/8-10-16/16 the

Tau Wal Road and Pak Tal Street where he overtook, and boarded the pri

niso Chinese, males?

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and

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-On Other- Pages

PAGE 2-Davis · Cup. League Tennis results." Baseball challenge.

PAGE 3-Radio programmes.

The Services London Ga

PAGE 5 Crossword puzzle, - Entertainments.

PAGE=" 6—Registry wedding, Newsettes. Cabman hite back

PAGE 7—Fire on ship in har- bour Rotary Club speech. Pirating of junks: Bench holds prosecution malicious. China war in pictures S PAGE 8 Leading article:

Tientsin Developments. PAGE 17-HK trade decrease, Hillwood Road bery: trini ends, Four soldier charged.

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Attack In Honan LOTANG Jude (central)— The lullon' the North. Honan front was broken laat Friday night when Chinese units, under the cover of artillery fire, attack- ed the Japanese at a point about 12 miles north-west of Twinyang, south-west of Po" AL

Many Japanese were killed, while the Japanese ammunition depot there was completely

des- troyed.

Offensive Repulsed KINHWA, June 20(Central) About 800 Japanese launching an offensive on the Chinese north of Changieh in northern Cheklang, last Friday, have been repulsed by the Chinese,

Guerills Raids CHANGSHA, June 20 (Central) The Chinese have staged raids on the Japanese on Nanlinchiao-Blenning, highway in South Hupeh since. me, 15, re- sulting in the destruction of, Japanese motor wires and sections of

near