ACUTE TENSION

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 28, 14 November 1935, Page 5

ACUTE TENSION

SERIOUS WARNING 3v JAPAN, [PROPAGANDA IN SHANGHAI. , United Press Association« Copyright) ’ TOKIO, November 13. The tension between China '_ and Japan is still -acute.. The Japanese Consul at Nanking has been instructed to address a “serious wa:l~liil‘lg’_’ to the Chinese- Government against antiJapanese agitation, while the Japanese Coii‘sul-General at Shanghai has made representations to' the Chinese. au—thorities about the , scattering. .of-yleafs lets which read: “Down with Japan—e‘sa Imperialism! Let us join the Soviets l” ‘ .I , _ ‘ Five hundred armedJapanesd blue-e jackets are reported to have landed at {Shanghai from the transpdrt Shiretoko’, but the Japanese deny any forcible action is contemplated at Shanghai, declaring that the Shiretoko left Japan before the present tension, :in accordance with the annual naval programme. ' , V A'GGRAVATION OF SITUATION. ACCUSAT‘IONB .BjY. JAPANESE. (Received This Day, 1.30 p.m.) ‘ LONDON, Novemebr 13. The Shanghai comrespondent _of “The Times” says that, despite Japanese disclaimers, the influx of refugees in the Settlement from Chapei v. has been renewed. , . 'c ._ . The situation is aggravated by the assiduity of‘Japanese agencies collecting alleged incidents, ranging from, a beer-bottle being thrown in a. J ape-n----ese window to a Chinese boy stoning a Japanese girl. “ - The Japanese accuse the Settlement authorities of inaction over the murder of the marine while obstrneting" peg lice inquiries as ‘to deceased’s antece—dents and associates- The criticismrof the municipal" police is pagtieularly groundless, and the Japanese press baselessly accuses the Chinese oflacl: of sincerity. ‘ ' _ ‘