SURPRISE TO BRITAIN
REPLY BY JAPAN
"MOVEMENT WHOLLY
CHINESE"
(Received November 30, 11 a.m.) LONDON, November 29. The "Sun-Herald" Agency says that, putting it mildly, the reply Britain received frdm Japan regarding events i in the Far East caused the greatest surprise. The British, through the j Embassy in Tokio, itfvited the Japanese, owing to conflicting reports, to clarify the Japanese position. The reply was to the effect that the movement was wholly Chinese and spontaneous, but that Japan, as an interested party, would watch developments. JAPANESE DESIRE FOR PEACE. According to the Peking correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," the Japanese Foreign Spokesman states that the army occupied positions on I the North China railway because four | hundred wagons were taken to Nan-1 king since November 18, apparently indicating preparations for war. It was hoped China was not contemplating a conflict, as Japan desired peace.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 132, 30 November 1935, Page 9
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