STRONGER HOPES FOR PEACE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20781, 16 July 1937, Page 9

STRONGER HOPES FOR PEACE

SINO - JAPANESE DISPUTE CONCILIATORY MOOD OF JAPAN CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY IN CHINA United Press Association—By Electric Teleerraph Copyright (Received July 15, 7.50 p.m.)) LONDON, July 15. The Tokio correspondent of “The Times says: "Hopes that peace can be preserved are growing stronger, but the governing factor is still the Nanking Government’s attitude towards Japan's insistence that the dispute must be settled with the North China authorities as a local incident. If the Chinese terms are faithfully fulfilled, the Japanese army will be satisfied, but it intends to see them carried out before relaxing preparations. Japan is making no political demands ar.d the terms now being discussed will not alter the existing status of North China or China’s territorial integrity.” According to the Tokio correspondent of “The Times,” the Chinese War Office announced on July 14 the following signed proposals for the settlement of the dispute: (1) No Chinese troops in future be stationed at Liu-Kou-Chiao, and order to be maintained by peace preservation officers; (2) The Chinese agree to a formal apology by the Twenty-ninth Army, and the punishment of those responsible for the recent incidents, and guarantees against their recurrence, and the suppression cf anti-Japanese organisations, including the Communist Party. APPEAL FOR CALMNESS JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER'S ATTITUDE United Press Association—Rv Electric TelcsrHnh Convrtpht (Received July 15, 11.10 p.m.) TOKYO, July 15. Warships have been ordered to the Chinese-Manchukuoan coast. The Japanese Prime Minister, Prince Konoye, is ill, and has sent a message to the Cabinet urging the Government to keep calm. "The Government intends to seek China’s prompt reconsideration for a peaceful solution,” he said.