AXIS ALLIANCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 August 1939, Page 6

AXIS ALLIANCE

SOUGHT BY JAPANESE WAR LEADERS

MORE PRESS ATTACKS ON BRITAIN.

CONFERENCE MARKS TIME

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) TOKIO, August 3.

After a lengthy conference, conducted by the Japanese war leaders, a re- . port is being presented to the Inner . Cabinet. It is believed to be demand- , ing a military alliance with Italy and Germany. , Meanwhile the Anglo-Japanese conference marks time. Sir Robert Craigie ’ awaits instructions. The Press complains of British insincerity, in consulting France and America, since the question concerns , Britain and Japan alone. It adds that if the British show sincerity the de- ' monstrations automatically will cease. , In any case there is no reason to coml plain in view of the anti-Japanese movement in England last year, when the Japanese Embassy was insulted i and the Archbishop of Canterbury and , Lord Lytton addressed demonstrations • in the Albert Hall. JAPANESE DIPLOMATS CONFERRING WITH ITALY & GERMANY. SUGGESTIONS OF ALLIANCE & MEDIATION. (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) ROME, August 3. The Japanese Ambassadors in Rome and Berlin have been conferring and will discuss the possibilities of a military alliance with Italy and Germany | also suggestions of Italian and German I mediation with General Chiang Kai- • shek. PATIENTS ORDERED OUT INTERFERENCE WITH MISSION HOSPITAL. (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, August 3. “The Times” Shanghai correspondent says Chefoo is plastered with violent anti-British posters. Chinese patients in the British Mission Hospital; at Choutsun, including serious cases I were ordered to get out. JAPANESE REPORT PREPARATIONS FOR ALLIANCE CONCLUDED. EXAMPLE OF TOTALITARIAN TIMING. (Received This Day, 1.0 p.m.) ROME, August 3. The Japanese Ambassador’s communique states that the reason for a conference was to conclude preparations for a military alliance. The Axis chose Cernobbie for the final decision, because Herr Von Ribbentrop and Count Ciano had concluded an ItalianGerman alliance there. It is regarded as a good omen. The communique shocked foreign circles in Rome. It is regarded as another example of perfect totalitarian timing, as it anticipates the departure of the military missions to Russia.