Other conditions were set forth as follows: "that Chinese troops should not assume positions opposing the Japanese in the outskirts of and backing on the said area; that Chinese military authorities should not make use of the area as a centre of espionage or communications or for creating disturbances in the rear of the Japanese forces; that Chinese military vessels should not be permitted to pass or anchor in the river front of the area: that Chinese plain-clothes units and terrorists should in every case be treated as parts of the Chinese Army.
So long as any Chinese forces or military establishments lie in a region surrounding the above mentioned area in Hankow, within 1000 metres of boundaries thereof, Japanese forces will not be responsible for any unforeseen dam-ge which may, as a result of their attacks made upon such Chinese forces and military establishments, be sustained by property of third Powers."—Domei al circumstances" credited was by Japanese military authorities here today with preventing war ravages at Kuling.
Japanese forces, they pointed out, formed a "Steel cordon" round Kuling in the Lushan range, including Tungkuling hill and the coasts of Poyang Lake, instead of making direct raids on Kuling, where approximately 100 foreigners are residing.—Domei.
These circles. confirmed that the British Ambassador to Germany, Sir Nevile Henderson, told the German Foreign Minister, Herr Joachim yon Ribbentrop, last Thursday under the form of "personal views" that Germany should not rely upon Britain's neutrality in the event of an attack against Czechoslovakia if France carried out her obligations to the latter country.
These quarters, however, expressed scepticism as to the accuracy of Herr von Ribbentrop's report to Herr Hitler on the information he received, and it is likely that Sir Nevile will visit the Fuehrer during the Nuremberg Congress to inform him personally of the British Government's attitude.—
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