TOKYO TALKS POSTPONED

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22765, 18 July 1939, Page 9

TOKYO TALKS POSTPONED

Minister Awaits Instructions 7 little optimism OF SUCCESS “The Times” Predicts • Deadlock (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (Received July 18,- 1 a.m.) LONDON, July 17. 1 The talks in Tokyo between the British Ambassador (Sir Robert Craigie) and the Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr Arita) for a settlement of the Tientsin dispute have been postponed until Wednesday because Sir Robert Craigie has not yet received -any new instructions from London. [ British official circles in Tokyo deny that the Tientsin talks are foredoomed to failure, although there is not much optimism of success, since both parties are not prepared to give ground. The Japanese are reported to be claiming that Tientsin is not British but Chinese, and that the British have usurped Chinese sovereignity. “The Times,” in an editorial, says: “There is little hope of any result. It will be a deadlock if Japan persists in claiming British aid against China. If the negotiations fail and are followed by anti-British riots by obedient Chinese mobs, there is no point in keeping British citizens in danger in Tientsin, but every reason to give the Chinese republic the full benefit of the friendliest neutrality. "The Japanese demand for such a concession cannot succeed if the Government of this country stands ’ay its refusal to become the passive accomplice of the Japanese militarists.” EMPEROR WILL REVIEW JAPANESE FLEET TOKYO. July 16. The Japanese Navy Office announces that the Emperor Hiroliito will review the entire Japanese fleet on Friday next. A spokesman said: “The fleet’s responsibility is especially heavy when diplomatic warfare regarding the Clina incident is being intensified. Every member engages in daily drills and is ready for battle at any moment.” CHINESE WAR LOSSES REPORTED TOKYO, July 16. A Japanese, army communique stales that 42,000 Chinese were killed oh all fronts in China in June, and 6000 were captured.