CHURCH DIVIDED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 235, 4 October 1937, Page 7

CHURCH DIVIDED.

ANGLICANS AND JAPAN Message from Tokyo to Primate In London. SCOTTISH ABHORRENCE. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 3. Shame and sorrow at the Japanese aerial atrocities, as not representing the spirit and desire of the Japanese people, were expressed in an appeal to Japanese militarists to renounce such measures in a letter to "The Times" sent jointly by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, and five other Church heads.

A cable message from Tokyo states that a meeting of members of the Anglican Church passed a resolution requesting the Archbishop of Canterbury to reconsider his decision to preside at a protest meeting in the Albert Hall, London, on Tuesday, against Japanese bombings. Dr. Leaslett, Bishop of South Tokyo, cabled the Archbishop accordingly.

The Scottish council of the Labour party has issued a manifesto calling upon all branches of labour to express abhorrence of Japan's "brutal and unprovoked attacks on Chinese civilians." it urges the British Government to propose to the League the enforcement of an immediate diplomatic, economic and social boycott of Japan by all countries which desire peace.

The Labour party executive at Bournemouth has prepared a motion for Mr. C. K. Attlee to table at the annual conference to-morrow viewing Japanese massacres with horror and detestation, welcoming the demand for an early meeting oi Parliament to discuss the Far East situation, and calling on the Government to prohibit V>ans or the sale of war material to Japan. Britain is also urged to co-operate with the League and the United States to exercise economic pressure on Japan. EVEN IN LONDON! Chinese and Japanese Fight in Cinema Theatre. NEWSREEL STARTS A BATTLE. LONDON", September 30. Women ran screaming from the Monseigneur Xews Theatre in Leicester Square, when fighting broke out between Chinese antl Japanese in the audience.

A Japanese clapped his hands when pictures oi his countrymen marching into Shanghai were thrown on the screen. A Chinese sitting nearby hissed an angry word and the fighting began. Sixteen men of both nationalities jumped over their seats and joined in the battle.

The theatre was in an uproar. Police were called and they removed the combatants. Several were bleeding freely from facial wounds.