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THE CABLED NEWS Britain's Truce With Italy -- Changed Attitude to Franco -is a centuries-old tradition with would appear that the them, and the speed with which .Trouble British Government has Thethey change sides in a conflict is reversed its policy of the A recent instance a Chin bewildering. in last few years. The signs treacherous kidnapping
o f a return to sanity are unmistakable. It was widely expected that Mr. Chamberlain's accession to high office w ould mean a slackening of the unqualified support lately given 4\4' 0
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Europe, and to lessen the support lately given to political fictions. The negotiations concerning the non-intervention plan are proceeding with the probability of Soviet a general agreement. Russia, it would appear, is the Determined as only difficulty. .ever to promote international discord. she has made the ridiculous demand that Moorish soldiers should be treated as foreigners and withdrawn from Spain unThe bad der the British plan. faith of this demand is evident. The Moors are Spanish subjects and units of the regular army. The only object in insisting on their withdrawal was to make a general agreement more difficult to achieve.
was the of Chiang Kai-Shek by ChangTso-lin. That was procured by Then, after some Soviet gold. negotiation, Chiang, was releasThis happy result was seed.
11E trouble in China up to date (August 3, 1937), has steadfastly refused to develop into BENITO MUSSOLINI, NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, anything more serious d by banBritish Prime Minister, is making a perlocalised Duce of Italy. has responde the than anti-British press propaganda. ning sonal effort to gain the friendship of quelling of disorder by Italy. e. The utterances of Japanes the 0 0000000000000000 k can be disKai-She g Chian part of the Chi- cured when Chiang offered a is that ; apcounted it to the Left in Europe. and of "face-saying." It greater bribe. Chang was allowpears that the expectations were nese process country, but China will resist ed to leave the that is unlikely not unfounded. far he died in ds is afterwar it shortly scale; national a on a Mr. Chamberlain is making tances. will mysterious circums the more likely that Chiang gain personal effort to Japanese Nationalist Movement-20 d increase in acquiesce Duce the and Italy, of friendship Chiang Y ears Too Late. North. the in ion dominat has responded by banning antiresist; to a mistake to regard the is wise It too far is himself What nda. British press propaga disorder as being filled with pure se of years Chine then becomes of the Anglophobe it would mean peace , and the Japs as being is idealism desire greatest his when mania:. as he is portrayed in the The ion. aggressors. hard-hearted ,unificat of me for program his so popular press. if he responds Peithe pacified forcbe have ese may Japan his hand cordially to the first friendly Of course, as s "busines and ependistrict, semi-ind ping his of some by ed overtures from Britain? the to in returned quickly are who usual" ders, comman dent antiIt is noteworthy also that the Reds. War with city when the Chinese soldiersItalian propaganda has been sil- league with mean the eventual had fled. The Japanese are carewould enced in the British press. Not Japan of Chiang's Gov- ful to abstain from terrorism, as nce disappeara by direct compulsion. as in Italy, replitcement hy they want to win over the Chinits and ernment official from but by "persuasion" rule. depend- ese masses by the justice of their Soviet or The official control Japanese sources. The latter have been inthe war. To rule. of outcome the on ing over the press in ,England is very centuries of misrule by alliance an e to ured Japanes the expel an in e xtensive, but it is wielded made with the local governors in command of he to have would manner. unofficial and Chiang- knows detachments scarcely distinguishAnother encouraging- .sign is Communists, fate of . those able from bandits. The Nationusual the is what tothe changed BritikTh attitude . alist movement under Chiang an alliance such who form proThe Franco. wards General wise—the discount Kai-Shek began about twenty be would It rights nt belligere grant posal to Had it began attitude of our local press to- years too late noes hand in hand with the sub- the have become might China The earlier, nce. the disturba wards propapress sidence ot pro-Red Chin- a united nation, at peace with n e the of Norther ruculenc t con ble impecca the ganda and But it war lords is not generated by Japan on equal terms. duct of the Nays- in respecting ese the that likely now looks more far is likely it more ; patriotism It er. the blockade of Santand 1= China in peace for is only Soviet ion hope the that inspirat Imperthe that is pleasing to see her "speapan's tion (.,t war are lords recogni These local ial Government has decided to gold. notoriously corruptible. Bribery cial position" as overlord, towards attitude realistic a t adop
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