JAPAN MUCH RELIEVED

Southland Times, Issue 23393, 28 December 1937, Page 7

JAPAN MUCH RELIEVED

PANAY INCIDENT SETTLED ( “AMICABLE” END GIVES SATISFACTION ( NEWS REELS TO BE SHOWN ' THROUGHOUT AMERICA i j < (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) ] (Received December 27, 6.30 p.m.) ' WASHINGTON, December 26. , The United States Ambassador to . Tokyo (Mr J. C. Grew) handed the 1 Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr Koki 1 Hirota) acceptances of the Japanese as- , surances to protect Americans. The < Japanese consider that the Panay incident has been settled amicably. j The Tokyo correspondent of The New 1 York ’ Times says that the United ( States’s acceptance of Japan’s reply was 1 received in the Japanese capital with ' unconcealed relief and satisfaction. A < Japanese spokesman in a statement expressed profound gratitude at the Americans’ attitude. ' Japanese officers were especially , pleased that “the American State De- ; partment understood that punishment i of those officially concerned was the j best guarantee that could be offered.’ < Such tangible evidence of repentance ( would probably be impossible except , for the fact that the British and « American incidents were simultaneous, j says the correspondent. G-men (Federal agents) will meet ' the China Clipper flying-boat at San . Francisco tomorrow and guard news • reels of the attack on the Panay. Universal Pictures has announced that the film will be shown unexpur- / gated first at Washington to the President (Mr Franklin D. Roosevelt) and the State Department and afterwards throughout the United States. In a speech in Congress Senator W. • E. Borah (Republican), warned the nation against a “war psychology.” He said: “I do not think we ought to get out of China or leave the East. Neither do I think that if we fail to do so we are going to war with Japan.” The Chairman of the House Foreign , Affairs Committee (Mr S. D. Mcßey- j nolds) declares that the. completion of < the war referendum petition has been j “very detrimental” to the State Department in its handling of the Far East crisis. He predicted that the . House ■ vould easily defeat the proposal, which could be called up in the House . on January 10, but as a proposed con- . stitutional amendment it would require a two-thirds vote by both Houses and also ratification by three-fourths of the states. JAPAN’S “CHRISTMAS GIFT” FREEDOM FOR FOREIGNERS AT SHANGHAI (Received December 27, 6.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI, December 26. Describing it as a belated Christmas gift to Shanghai, a Japanese spokesman announced the reopening to foreigners of all areas north of Soo- i chow Creek tomorrow. Chinese will 1 be barred unless provided with a pass. . FIVE AUTONOMOUS ’ REGIMES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH CHINA TOKYO, December 25. The autonomous commission at Nanking consists of Tach Si-shan, two vicechairmen, and eight members, none of whom figures in the Chinese Who’s Who. With similar bodies in Peiping, Shansi and Honan, there are now four to supplement' that in Hopei, making a substantial foundation for impending political developments. A manifesto issued by Tach Si-shan attacks the Chinese Government, accusing it of leading the people into indescribable misery and distress. The Japanese Cabinet has approved a plan for the economic development of North China by means of a holding company controlling a number of subsidiary companies. The Tokyo newspaper Ashai Shimbun understands that Cabinet has also . worked out a plan to develop a greater Shanghai and to form a new city dis- ' trict at Woosung. JAPANESE RAID ANGLICAN i MISSION SCHOOL HEAD MASTER ARRESTED (Received December 27, 7.5 p.m.) PEIPING, December 26. Japanese soldiers raided an Anglican mission school and broke into the house ’ of the head master, Dr Timothy Lin, a Chinese who was educated at Cambridge. They smashed his desk, seized his papers and ransacked the school. Later Dr Lin was arrested; the charge was not. disclosed. NEW’ RUSSIAN ENVOY TO CHINA CHINESE AMBASSADOR LEAVES MOSCOW (Received December 27, 6.30 p.m.) HANKOW, December 26. The new Soviet Ambassador to China (M. Ivan Lugonete Orelsky) will present his credentials at Chunking on January 1. He is 38 years old. The Chinese Ambassador to Moscow (Ting Fu-tsiang) has departed without any explanation. Embassy officials say that he will probably be appointed to another post.