HATE CAMPAIGN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23426, 16 August 1939, Page 11

HATE CAMPAIGN

BRITAIN THE OBJECT TIENTSIN DEVELOPMENT ARMOURED CARS APPEAR DEMONSTRATIONS ELSEWHERE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, Aug. 14 Armoured cars are patrolling the British Concession at Tientsin, •owing to the outbreak of an' intensive anti-British campaign. The appearance of two British armoured cars caused Japanese soldiers, who were illegally searching a Chinese junk moored at. British wharves, to take to their heels. A Chinese crowd cheered. At Tsingtao an anti-British mob attacked the British and American tobacco plant, at Itu and damaged furniture and windows. All British subjects have now been evacuated from the Shansi Province. Anti-British demonstrations continue at Peking. The Tokio correspondent of the News Chronicle says the Japanese-controlled Provincial Government has taken over the administration of British-owned coal mines in North Hunan. The British Embassy doctor at Peking states that Lieutenant-Colonel Spears complained in his last letter that he was suffering from fever. He denied the official Japanese reports of his good health. Mr. Gerald Parker, military language officer from Tokio, is visiting Colonel Spears to ascertain the conditions of his confinement.

BROKEN NEGOTIATIONS JAPANESE ALLEGATIONS DEADLOCK DUE TO BRITONS THE ECONOMIC ISSUES LONDON, Aug. 14 The principal Japanese Army delepate to the Tokio conference, MajorGeneral Muto, in a statement before his departure for Tientsin, said the negotiations were smooth until economic issues arose, on which the British representatives caused delay, first theoretically then on the grounds that their representatives were consulting London and Paris, says the Tokio correspondent of the Times. The Britons misunderstood the purpose of the conference, said the Japanese representative. They assumed that the blockade of . Tientsin was intended to exert pressure, whereas it was military action, due to the need j for preserving order in North China. i Moreover, the Japanese believed that ! Britain desired to settle economic issues j on a blood and iron basis, instead of ! by mutual agreement, namely, by an ' attempt to induce America and France , to exert pressure on Japan rather than to secure a negotiated settlement. Major-General Muto said the Japanese demands were the absolute minimum. He paid a tribute to the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, for his efforts, but declared that Britain had failed to understand the Far East- | ern situation. She must recognise the } realities if she desired to safeguard her j interests, and reflect on her own conduct if she desired the anti-British campaign to end. The press forecasts an early renewal of the conversations. Meanwhile, Sir .Robert Craigie is awaiting instructions from London. MONGOLIAN HOSTILITIES TOKIO, Ah?. 14 Japanese troops, in the course of a gun duel across the Khala River, claim to have silenced Russo-Mongolian fire and killed General Yokovleff.