FORCED PEACE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 9

FORCED PEACE.

CHINA AND JAPAN.

Negotiations for Cessation Of War. COMPLAINT TO LEAGUE. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 12.30 p.m.) GENEVA, May 19. The Nanking Government has informed the League of Nations that the Japanese General Staff is eonducting peace negotiations with Nanking, envisaging "the cessation of Chinese Avar operations in North China, the inclusion in a non-war area of the provinces north of the Yellow River, and Japan's abrogation of unilateral treaties in favour of reciprocal treaties with China in order to maintain an Asiatic "Monroe Doctrine." The Nanking Government opposes the negotiations as an attempt to cocrce Nanking into violating China's territorial sovereignty and integrity in Manchuria, contrary to the League Resolution and the Nine-Power Pact. BOMBER OVER PEKING Bullets and Shrapnel Fired at Japanese Invader. HIGHLY PROVOCATIVE ACTION (Received 12.00 p.m.) PEKING, May 19. A Japanese hoinher, carrying 12 bombs, flew over Peking this morning. It dropped no bombs but three Chinese were injured by falling shrapnel and bullets fired by anti-aircraft batteries. This is the third visitation, and it caused considerable excitement in the native population. It is regarded in diplomatic circles as highly provocative action on the part of Japan, but so far no protest has been lodged. BRITISH PROTEST. Manchukuo Proposes to Deport Journalist. ALLEGED IN SOVIET PAY. SHANGHAI, May 19. Extraordinary interest is centred in the case of Mr. Lenox Simpson, a British journalist, editor and publisher of the "Harbin Herald," whom the Manchukuo authorities desire to deport. They declare that he is anti-Japanese and anti-Mancliukuo. Also they allege that ho is in the pay of the Soviet. The authorities requested the British Consul to deport Mr. Simpson, but he refused to do so. In the meantime, Mr. Simpson has taken refuge in the British Consulate. A strong protest has been entered by the Consul against the proposed deportation. The Manchukuo authorities, however, declare that although Britain has not recognised Manchukuo they have allowed the Consulate to remain "out of sheer hospitality." They reiterate their intention to deport Mr. Simpson at the first opportunity. Mr. Simpson is a brother of the late Mr. Bertram Lenox Simpson, a wellknown British author, who was assassinated in Tientsin toward the end of 1930.