GERMANY AND ITALY WOOING JAPANESE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 177, 29 July 1939, Page 9

GERMANY AND ITALY WOOING JAPANESE.

JOIN THE AXIS. Mission At Rome To Attend Nuremburg Congress. TOKYO-BERLIN TRADE PACT. •'""-'I IT"-" .Wuriaii,,,,. ..(•„,,,,.,.,,, (Umvivm! 11 „.m.) LONDON, Juh 2s. '"' ] '" l;l ". v "»<l Japan iniliiillnl an ~," n n111" ' ■■iirn-c-iiii'nl iiicrenMiig inul'::i] l '•••"li'. 'I'lic terms have not been disA llume message states that a Jap'•nr.Mi mission. headed by Ccnera] I ■•..nut. Tcrauclii iin,l Admiral Osunii. is <1i.M.,5.-in.-,' witli si.jn,.r Mussolini (In* possible ndhcren.v iif the Japanese |fl "'•' A\is. The mission will visit, the .Viirpinhiirg Congicss, nftpr which it proceeds to Berlin nntl Rome for ]>olit ica 1 it'iil military discussions.

Horr Hitler unexpectedly returned to ■Berlin from Bayrcuth to discuss with Herr von Bibbcntrop routine matters thnt have accumulated during his holiday. "The Times'' Berlin correspondent says the (termano-Japauesc trade treaty is expected largely to compensate for tho loss of trade after the termination of tho American treaty. The Germans hope thnt this demonstration of the solidity of tho anti-Comintern pact will offset the American action,, which is considered not to be due to domestic policies and unjustified by the existing American and Japanese relations, but intended to demonstrate the solidarity of the democracies. The Prcs=. despite British and American disclaimers, dec-lares that America, by previous ngrocment, has taken up the cudgels where Britain, for strategical reasons, laid them down. 'I"he Oermano-Japanese treaty will operate a3 from October 1. It aims at extending trade partly by means of German credit, to Japan. China Pleased By U.S. Action. The Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. Wang Chuilg-hui, referring to President Roosevelt's denunciation of the treaty with Japan, said that America's sense of justice had always secured the unswerving faith of the Chinese, who welcomed Washington's announcement as an indication of the United States' desire to maintain its position and prestige in the Pacific, says a Chungking me.-*agc. Ho hoped Mr. Itoosevelt's action presaged a more definite An>:rican intention to do the utmost possible to stop international lawlessness, and restore peace and confidence. America could exercise- a decisive influence in this direction without, resort to war. Tho New York "Daily News," which has the largest circulation in America, has a significant leading article which states that the abrogation has cut the United States in on the "white war" which Japan is fighting with the British in China. "Wo cannot say we deplore the State Department's action," says this paper. "It seems to us that the times continue to be appropriate for Americans and Britons to consider the advisability of a certain 'whole hog* move that has been suggested for the deflation of the Japanese military caste. "Wo mean a joint American and British long-distance navaj blockade of Japan keyed to Singapore, Hawaii and the Aleutians. Such a blockade would, in all likelihood, bo bloodless, since the Japanese Navy could not come out in force, far enough to try to break it." HEAVY BOMBARDMENT. LANDING NEAB, HONGKONG. HONGKONG, July 28. liesidcuts of Hongkong to-day heard a terrific warship bombardment preceding a landing by Japanese on the farther side of the Pearl Biver delta, HO miles distant, in a new effort to invade the Chungshan district. Marines landed and penetrated Fuyungshan and Wangchiawai, and are approaching Shekki. Disastrous floods and torrential rains have stopped the Japanese military operations in North China. Only one of the four railways from Peking is operating, and hundreds of houses in Peking have collapsed.

COMPULSORY SERVICE. ALL BRITONS IN HONGKONG. Independent Cable Sn-vico. HONGKONG, July 28. \ bill providing for compulsory defence service by all Britons residing in Hongkong has been passed by the Legislative Council. It now needs the nignature of the Governor, Sir (.eoff.y Northcotc, to become law.