ACCUSED CHINESE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23887, 15 August 1939, Page 9

ACCUSED CHINESE

DECISION TO HAND OVER DESCRIBED AS COWARDLY BRITISH PRESS COMMENT (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, Aug. 13. (Received Aug. 14, at 5.5 p.m.) The News Chronicle, in a leader, says: "Parliament, if sitting, would have said hard words about the cowardly decision to hand over the four Chinese at Tientsin, which has entirely failed to improve British and Japanese relations. If the Chinese are handed over their lives will be thrown away." The Daily Telegraph, in a leader, says it cannot foresee an early satisfactory outcome to the Tientsin negotiations but advocates continuance in the hope that Japan will restore order in the occupied areas. THE TOKIO TALKS JAPANESE DEPARTING TOKIO, Aug. 13. The Domei Agency says the Japanese military representatives will return to Tientsin to-morrow. Major-general M .to, who is the principal army delegate, was interveiwed. He said it was useless to continue because it was impossible to agree to Britain's request to separate the question of policing Tientsin from the broader economic issues. ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE SHANGHAI, Aug. 14. (Received Aug. 15, at 1.45 a.m.) The International Settlement has placed a ban on all further European refugees. All British subjects have now been evacuated from Shansi. Anti-British demonstrations continue at Tientsin and Peiping.