THE MATANG RAID

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23558, 22 July 1938, Page 9

THE MATANG RAID

RECENT BOMBING ATTACK A DOCTOR’S ALLEGATION JAPANESE USED MUSTARD GAS (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) SHANGHAI, July 20. Dr H Talbot, a British medical man representing the International Red Cross Society, declared that 19 victims of the bomb attack at Matang on July 2 bore proof that mustard gas was being used by the Japanese. RESPECT FOR FOREIGN RIGHTS ALLEGED ABUSE BY JAPANESE SHANGHAI, July 20. In addition to the recent embargo on the export of hides, skins, and furs the Japanese-controlled Peking Government intends to include wool, cotton, and other products, thus limiting the power to purchase goods from abroad. The process is "regarded as abuse of Japan’s pledge to respect foreign rights in China.

PRINCE KONOYE’S DECLARATION QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, July 20. Sir John Wardlaw Milne questioned Mr Chamberlain in the House of Commons regarding the reported statement of Prince Konoye (Prime Minister) that Britain was apparently sceptical of Japanese good intentions regarding British interests in China, and asked whether Lord Halifax would instruct his Majesty’s Ambassador in Japan to inform Prince Konoye personally that British opinion might be considerably modified were Britain to receive satisfactory replies to the representations it had made on various matters of protest. Mr Chamberlain replied: "Yes, and I have no doubt that his Majesty’s Ambassador at Tokio has frequently made this point in his discussions with General Ugaki (Foreign Minister). As regards the suggestion that the Ambassador should speak personally in this sense to Prince Konoye, Lord Halifax cannot doubt that Prince Konoye must already be aware of the position from the reports which are supplied to him by the Foreign Minister.” GERMAN GENERAL’S VIEW “JAPANESE LIKE BARBARIANS ’* LONDON, July 21. (Received July 22, at 1.45 a.m.) The Daily Herald’s Singapore correspondent interviewed General von Falkenhausen, who is en route to Germany with 22 German advisers who were recalled from China. He declared: “The Japanese are acting like barbarians, and their machine lacks its pre-war unity. China can last a long time, for her troops are magnificent and her Air Force is improving. I saw Chinese fighters shoot down 22 Japanese warplanes in a recent raid on Hankow.”