COUNTER ATTACK

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 75, 10 March 1933, Page 8

COUNTER ATTACK

CHINESE PREPARATIONS

JAPANESE RESISTANE.

FOREIGN INTERESTS.

Shanghai, March 9.

It is reported that the Chinese are making feverish military preparations inside the Great Wall with the intention of launching a counter-attaca on Jehol. There is increasing tension.

Foreign observers are prepared tor any such eventuality, and both Chinese and Japanese authorities have been informed that extensive British and other foreign interests in North China cannot bo ignored. The Japanese intend to issue a demand for Chinese withdrawal within a specified radius from Tientsin, pointing out that they cannot stand idly by watching plans mature ror their downfall and must take suitable action for seif-preservation.

A Tokio message states that an independent and reliable observer, who witnessed the occupation of Jehol, testifies to the orderliness of the Japanese, the troops carefully avoiding interference with civilian inhabitants. The Chinese are retreating without offering serious military opposition. AMERIGO-JAPANESE WAR OUT OF THE QUESTION (“Tinies” Cable) The Hague, March 9. After inspecting the Krupp works at Essen, Mr Matsouka spent two days at The Hague where he saw various diplomats. He informed journalists that he was greatly interested in Japanese migration to Dutch New Guinea, where there was plenty of room for settlers. It would be excellent if the non-aggression treaty between Holland and Japan was completed in order to demonstate Japan’s peaceful intentions toward Holland. An Americo-Japanese war was absolutely out of the question. The interests of both lay in mutual peace and friendship. The armament firms were solely responsible for the talk of armed conflict between these powers. DISARMAMENT CONFERENCEJAPAN TO PARTICIPATE Geneva, March 9. Notifying the intention to continue to participate in the Disarmament Conference, the Japanese communication to the chairman states that Japan’s determination to contribute to the establishment of permanent universal peace remains unshaken.

“We must nevertheless acquaint the conference with the fact that we consider it indispensible to effect various important modifications in the national defence of the Empire. In view of the changed conditions in the Far East, all relevant circumstances should be taken into account in the future discussion of the disarmament question