PLEDGES VIOLATED

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 212, 7 August 1937, Page 9

PLEDGES VIOLATED

ALLEGATION AGAINST CHINA. JAPAN WANTS “LASTING PEACE.” RESOLUTION IN HOUSE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received August 7, 9.5 a.m. TOKIO, Aug. 6. The House of Representatives today passed a resolution urging the Government “to establish lasting peace in East Asia by rejecting China’s unti-Japano.se policy, which, defies international faith.” The House maintained that Japan had adopted a lair and cautious attiiudo while China had tailed to reconsider the situation, had not displayed a conciliatory spirit, had wantonly violated pledges, committed outrages and pushed on her war preparations against Japan, which did not seek territory but co-operation.

WAR CABINET,

ORGANISATION AT NANKING

Received August 7, 9.5 a.m. NANKING, Aug. G,

The Government is organising a war Cabinet, including Communists and members of tho Popular Front. A Pekin message states that General Chang Tzc-Chung, political and military controller of Pekin, has resigned on the ground of ill-health, causing the termination of local military activity.

“A PUNITIVE POLICY.”

CONDEMNATION OF JAPAN

LONDON, Aug. G,

“Once more Japan’s contribution to the stabilisation of Eastern Asia turns out to lie smash and grab,” says the Times. “She is mistaken if she thinks her actions of the past month and punitive policy contemplated impressed the world with anything save her irresponsibility. Japan seems bent on a course which must gruveiy damage her standing in the eyes of the world.” The Shanghai correspondent of the Times says military and other official confabulations at Nanking are still proceeding without result. An important section of opinion clearly favours a compromise, although Japan lias left little room for it, as she has already moved the headquarters of the East Hopei Government to Pekin and is bombing Chinese iroop trains hundreds of miles farther south. Commercial circles in Shanghai still refuse to believe that war is unavoidable, although they admit that the cost of avoiding it may ,bo ruinous, as, at least, it will mean tho surrender of a large slice of Chinese territory. A Pekin message states that a motorised column of 500 vehicles, including tanks and armoured cars, and 1500 men, carried the Japanese flag through Pekin before marching to Tungchow Silent and sullen crowds of Chinese watched the victors’ first parade of military power, which Japanese residents gret-ed with showers of flowers. The Daily Telegraph’s Bombay correspondent reports that the sailings from Japan of four Japanese liners on the Tokio-Bombay service have been cancelled. It is understood the Japanese Government has chartered the vessels to convey troops and war materials to China.

AMERICANS ENLIST. SERVICE WITH CHINESE. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5. The United Press correspondent at Los Angeles learns that 7000 Americans, chiefly ex-servicemen, including 1000 aviators, enlisted with Lieuten-ant-General Hearn, former staff officer to General Chang Tsolin, for service with the Chinese army against the Japanese. Of course their activities will remain secret, due to the fear that the American authorities may' interefere on the grounds of the provisions of the Neutrality Law.