Geneva, July 30.
A memorandum from the Palestine Supreme Council, handed to the Mandates Commission at its inaugural meeting to-day, rejects responsibility for disturbances, opposes partition of Palestine, and requests the League to operate {he section of the Covenant relating to the provisional recognition of independence.
Mr. William Ormsby-Gore, British Colonial Secretary, will explain the British attitude at a private meeting this afternoon, after which discussions will continue.—Reuter. from Hankow Seven members of the Cabinet, Tokyo, July 30.
Eighty Japanese women and children left Hankow this morning for Shanghai, according to an official report received by the Navy Mi Simultaneously, the report aid, about 200 Chinese residents in the Japanese Concession in the Yangtze port, moved out to other parts of the city.
Messages received by the Gaimusho to-day from Swatow reported a recrudescence of the anti-Japanese agitation in the Kwangtung pari Japanese residents in Swatow, the reports said, are experiencing dificulty in obtaining daily necessities, such as water and electric power. The Chinese. it was added, neither headed by Prince Konoye, met in the Diet building this afternoon in an emergency conference to discuss the fresh developments in North China.
Later, the Premier proceeded {o the Palace to report to the Emperor on the Government's policy towards the latest events, The Cabinet decided to-day that the Premier and the Ministers of War. Navy and Foreign Affairs will be represented in the Diet by parliamentary or permanent vice-ministers during the next few days to enable them to stand by for any possible sudden development in North China—Domei
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