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BOTH SIDES’ VIEWS. LONDON, Aug. 19. The latest messages from China and Japan hold out little hope for a successful issue of the negotiations on the British proposal for a neutral zone at Shanghai protected by an international force. China, is is reported, will reject the proposal because she is convinced British, American and French troops who would occupy the zone would never use force in the event of a Japanese breach of its neutralitj'. Japan, on the other hand, declares the proposal bristles with difficulties, especially regarding definite assurances that her nationals would be adequately safeguarded. The protection of Japanese interests in the Settlement must, therefore, for the time being at any rate, remain in the hands of the Japanese naval and military authorities. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent says whatever happens the British Government will never completely evacuate the Settlement, which would irreparably damage British prestige throughout the Far East.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 223, 20 August 1937, Page 7
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