The Archive · 1925

Cantonese 1 Hour Agitators

erning to Shanghai in Nanyang Tobacco Ca. Dispute Canton, Jan, 2. A committee of 16 inbour del gates, representing: the Mechanics Union, the Ca-operative Unior the Federation of Labour and other and Hongkong, the several of the Shanghai Nanyang Brothers pany who are now without work pen ing the settlement fof a dispute between—the concern and its workers. In the meantime, the Canton workers in sympathy. with those of the Nanyang factory. to launch Japanese Basketball a m from St.

University, Tokyo, have returne Japan after playing an series of games gues, and when the House resumes, the chances are that the Kato: Ministry will be faced such turbulent seas that the Coalition and the the Government will be inevitable.

From Oux OWN Connespoxnent, Tokyo, Dec. 28, "There is nothing at all the matte in regard to American-Japanese relations, nothing anyway to ware rant the alarm that the press ig indulging in," declared Baron. Shidehara, the Foreign Minister, to group of newspapermen, including. your correspondent, who managed to Secure a few minutes' talk with him as he was hastening to the Grand Shrine of Ise, accompanied by Mr. Matsudaira, Japan's next envoy to the United State "You people," and here he glanced. pointedly towards the Japanese newspaper reporters, "must. stop, talking blood and breathing fire, If you do this, say, against America, it will only produce a worse reaction fon the other side, embarrassing: both Governments and injuring both countries Baron Shidehara then went on to say that the world had now changed Jand no Power was thinking of swoup'- ing down on another "Especially preposterous is len," he went on, "that any Power is going to come all the way to attack Japa

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