TERMS REJECTED

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11952, 24 May 1933, Page 5

TERMS REJECTED

FAR. EAST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

cm NESE PREFER .-FIGHT - TO H U AIILIATION,

PEKIN MAY BE NEXT s BATTLEGROUND.

(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) P,EKIN, May *>2.

tit is widely reported that. cue Sirio-Japanese' truce, negotiations,'•have broken, down as the Chinese- prefer to light rather than swallow’ the Japan-iso demands. Foreign military obspryers now ] redid that Pekin is likely to become the next battleground. Japanese cavalry patrols penet-rat-ed within three miles of Tungchow, which is only 30 miles eastward of Pekin.

The next few days will probably settle the future of North China, where fighting continues in a desultory manner. v

Thp Japanese are reported to be unwilling to countenance peace offers unless officially coming from the Chinese military commanders.

The. Chinese, meanwhile, .are reported to he steadily withdrawing troops from the Pekin, Hankow, Tientsin, and Pukcw railway lines, an indication of their readiness, io fulfil the first requisite stipulated .by the Japanese.

SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT? EXPECTED SEVERE BOMBARDMENT OF CHINESE. JAPANESE LEGATION GUARD AT TIENTSIN STEENGTHENED. (U.P.A. by Elec 1 . Ted. Copyright) (Received May 23, 9.-25 p.m.) SHANGHAI, May 23Serious developments are expected within the next forty-eight hours. The Japanese yesterday recommended activity on all fronts, especially in the neighbourhood of Tungchow, where the Chinese position was severely bombarded. Several hundred shells were also thrown in the Lutai region. As the result of recent incidents in Pekin. 600 .Japanese left for Tientsin to-day for the purpose of reinforcing the Japanese legation guard, which is now trebled. CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR JAPAN. DOMINION DELEGATE’S ATTITUDE CRITICISED. (U.P.A. bv Elec. Tel. Copyright) OTTAWA, May 22. The attitude of Mr. Cahan, the Canadian representative at Oeneva, on the Sino-Japanese conflict, was severely criticised by Professor Howard, of the University of British Columbia, before the Canadian Historical Association. Mr. Caban’s speech, he said, had been modelled very much along the lines of the British Foreign Secretary’s. and nearly supported the Japanese claim that China was not entitled to consideration. QUESTIONS TN THE COMMONS. NEW TRADE TREATY WITH JAPAN NOT CONTEMPT,ATED. MANCHT KT'O NOT RECOGNISED. •.British Official V. irolo'-.j RUGBY..May 22. The Prime Minister answered a series -of questions in Parliament"addressed to the Foreign Secretary, wlro is at Geneva. He said that negotiations for the conclusion of a new commercial agreement with the Japanese Gov-rnment were not at present contemplated?’ Regarding the recognition of Mancliukuo, he said that Japan alone had formally recognised the new State. T]ie British Government was bound by the League Assembly report of February, and continued to withhold recognition.