TIENTSIN BLOCKADE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1939, Page 7

TIENTSIN BLOCKADE

NOT BEING RELAXED DURING NEGOTIATIONS. ACCORDING TO JAPANESE ■ COMMANDER. SHANGHAI, July 5. . General Suigyata. the commander-in-chief in North China, announced in Tientsin that the blockade is not being relaxed despite the Tokio negotiations. The British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, stated in Tokio that Britain is entering the negotiations in the Tientsin dispute on the assumption that the indignities are discontinued. The Japanese naval authorities announced the last chance for Britons to leave Foochow and Wenchow would be today, when booms would be placed on the Min and Wu Rivers, but the Britons are determined to "stay in the ports.

NO DATE FIXED FOR OPENING OF TOKIO CONVERSATIONS. DEBATE IN HOUSE OF LORDS POSTPONED. (British Official Wireless.) .RUGBY. July 4. The debate on the Far East situation in the House of Lords has been postponed in view of the early opening of the Tokio negotiations.. Viscount Cecil, at the request of Lord Halifax, agreed to withdraw in the meantime a motion on the dispute. It is reported from Tokio that, pending the arrival of military representatives from Tientsin, no date has been fixed for the opening of the AngloJapanese talks A message from Tokio received earlier yesterday stated: The British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, discussed with the Foreign Minister, Mr Arita, the agenda of the conference on the Tientsin situation, which is. to open on July 6.