CHINA AND JAPAN
PESSIMISM PREVAILS. NANKING FEARS. DIPLOMATS GATHER. United Press Association. —By Electrin j Telegraph.—Copyright. | (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SHANGHAI, October 15. The Geneva deliberations produced an atmosphere of pessimism in NanIcing official circles. The capital’s newspapers especially are adopting a sceptical attitude in regard to the outcome of the League’s handling of the Sino-Japanese deadlock. Leading Nanking journals, under semi-official control, warn against placing over reliance upon Geneva, ’and also against being fooled by the crafty diplomacy of the Japanese, and advise preparations for an emergency. Mr Capiphon, British. Minister, readied the capital by aeroplane to-day. Nelson Johnson (United States Minister) also M. Wildeu (French Minister) and Senor Jnrarde (Spanish) are due to-morrow. The purpose of the diplomatic gathering is not announced. His Majesty’s cruiser Caradoc and the gunboat Scarab, are reinforcing the destroyer Bruce at Nanking. Absolute quiet prevails hel’e. Jt is reported that Japan is ignoring Nanking's latest memorandum,
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1931, Page 5
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