'There are many signs that the Japanese bombings of Canton have Geeply stirred public opinion in Great Britain, Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secre-ary, is reported to be closely study= ing' the "indiscriminate" bombings in both China and Spain with a view to securing a restriction, Action in this connection is the first item on the agenda of the meeting on, June 18 of the League of Nations Union Council The News-Chronicle" today. pub-entitled "Japai Stressing Japan's dependence on for~ eign countries for all materials of warfare, 'The "Manchester Guardian" urges Great Britain to organize a new and stronger declaration by all civilized countries, It might not succeed, the newspaper says, but it should' be tried, Furthermore, the journal asserts, the British and other governments should. consider help for China by Supplying anti-aircraft guns and aeroplanes or by lending money to buy them.
Mr, W. C. Nixon, a former Professor at Hongkong University, urges assistance for the "innocent Chinese peasants, suffering not in thousands but in millions," in a long letter to the "Manchester Guardian." He em= phosizes that four shillings will maintain a hospital bed for a week or a refugee in a camp for a month,
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