AUTONOMY MOVEMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22743, 2 December 1935, Page 9

AUTONOMY MOVEMENT

ACTIVITIES OF JAPANESE STRONG NOTES FROM BRITAIN NANKING, November 29.' The two Notes presented to the Japanese Consul-general were strongly couched. The first declared that the so-called autonomy movement was en-gineered-by disgruntled elements acting in connivance with Japanese militarists, and asks that the Japanese curb the activities of their military chiefs. The second asks for a guarantee against the recurrence of such incidents as the occupation of Fengtai and Changyimen, which is described as a violation of China’s sovereign rights. REPLY FROM JAPAN LONDON, November 29. The Sun-Herald says: “ Putting it mildly, the reply that Britain has re? ceived from Japan regarding events in the Far East has caused the greatest surprise. The British Government, through its Embassy at Tokio, invited the Japanese, owing to the 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 the developments.” JAPANESE TROOPS TIENTSIN, November 30. (Received Dec. 1, at 10 p.m.) The Japanese military authorities have requested the Chinese to provide accommodation for three Japanese divisions within two days, which is apparently intended to forestall Nanking’s to defeat the autonomy movement. General Hoy Ingehing, Nanking’s Minister of War, departed cn route for Peking. It is believed that this indicates the Government’s intention to assert sovereignty in North China. .