ONLY NOISY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1939, Page 8

ONLY NOISY

ANTLBRITISH MOVEMENT VIEW OF JAPANESE OFFICIALS. EXCUSE FOR GOVERNMENT INACTIVITY. - By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 12.25 p.m.) o LONDON. August 2. y "The Times" Tokio correspondent 1 says officials excuse Government inacf tivity on the ground that the apti- - British movement in Tokio though i noisy, is not dangerous. 3 ' r i PROTEST REJECTED 7 ; BY MAYOR OF PEKING. 1 (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) TOKIO. August 2. (, The Mayor of Peking has rejected , the British protest against demonstraI tions, declaring that these are inevi- , table, but that public feeling will be moderated if Britain reconsiders the , position in the Far East. I ! DIRECT INTIMIDATION i DANGER OF SERIOUS INCIDENTS. ! (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) PEKING, August 2. • The anti-British picket corps are re- ' sorting to direct intimidation of Chini ese employed by Britons. The bulk of the Chinese are friendly, but the activities of agitators supported by the military may result in serious incidents. The British authorities are again protesting. TIENTSIN QUIETER (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) TIENTSIN, August 2. The anti-British movement has somewhat moderated. GENERAL OFFENSIVE CHINESE PREPARATIONS. (Received This Dav, 12.25 p.m.) SHANGHAI, August 2. The Bishop of Shantung and two other members of the mission have been warned to leave Taian within . twenty-four hours. The Chinese are preparing a general ‘ offensive on all fronts. Though for- . eign circles are sceptical, General i Chiang Kai-shek is most optimistic. , 1 JAPANESE NAVY BGASTFUL STATEMENT BY SPOKESMAN. (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) SHANGHAI, August 2. “The Japanese Navy is convinced that it is strong enough not to be defeated by any navy in the world.” de-' clared a naval spokesman. Asked if this applied only in the West Pacific, the spokesman said the navy was; . always ready to carry out its duty. If ' it had to face a combination of navies it had full confidence that it was be able to deal with the situation.