TIENTSIN BREAK

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 10 July 1939, Page 6

TIENTSIN BREAK

ARMY CONTACTS BRITISH AND JAPANESE TACTICS OF ANNOYANCE BARRIERS AND SHIPPING VESSEL DELAYED FOR DAY (Klee. Tel. Copyright.—Unit oil 'Dross Assn.) (Reco. July 10, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, July 0. The Tokio correspondent of The Times says that, the Anglo-Japanese conference concerning Tientsin is expected to open either on Wednesday or Thursday. The .Japanese military and civilian delegates held a preliminary conference during the week-end and drew up proposals for submission to the Japanese Cabinet on Tuesday. The Tientsin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that all is quiet in Tientsin but the Japanese sentries are annoying Britons, sending them ba'ck to the end of queues in the examination sheds and giving preference to Chinese.

The British and Japanese military authorities have broken oil relations. Lieutenant Homina, the commander of the Japanese garrison at Tientsin, refused to receive Major-General. Grasselt, commanding the British troops in China, who is making a tour of inspection.

The Japanese interfered with shipping on the Hai River. They held up the P. and O. Company's vessel Soudan for a day.

Apology After Collision A Tokio message states that the British Concul at Tientsin, Mr. E. Jamieson, is reported to have apologised to the Japanese Army authorities regarding a river collision in which the escort vessel Lowestoft and a Japanese Army motor boat were involved damaging the latter. The Japanese, in view of the fact that the collision was purely accidental, accepted the apology and did not demand damages.

Sixty thousand people participated in an anti-British rally at Kobe today and hostile resolutions were cabled to the British Prime Minister. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, and the British Ambassador in China. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr. Similar meetings were held at Morioya and Pekin. A Chungking message states that the Japanese have launched a new drive in. the south-east of Shansi province. Reinforcements are pouring into the sector in the effort to stem the advance. The Chinese guerrillas are very active in the lower Yangtze valley and inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese.