The Archive · 1937

Anglo-Japanese Talks Not Opportune

<London, July 21, As tong as ihe present situation tu North China persisted, would not opportune' to open conversations with Japan, to which His Majesty's Govern: ment had been looking forward, said the Foreign Secretary, Mr, Anthony Eden, in the House of Commons to-day. "I have, been obliged," Mr. Eden added, "to inform the Japanese Government that that is the view of His Ma-Jesty's Government."—Reuter, dispute, a group of reactionary leaders' yesterday decided to form a China Policy Society.

The new organization, whose main aim will be to advocate the adoption of a "positive" policy towards China, will hold its inaugural policy to-mor-TOW. Meeting at the Selyoken Resfaurant yesterday, the promoters of the Society unanimously agreed that China's "illegal actions," which are alleged to have led to the outbreak of the North China incident, have their roots in the antic movement, "fomented by the Chinese military clique and the Chinese Com-

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