Los Angeles, June 15. "Chinese were reported today to be negotiating for the purchase of super-speed military pursuit planes carrying seventeen machine-guns which will be manufactured here by a new aeroplane firm to be known the Martin Aircraft Corporation, Captain R. H. Martin announced formation of the U.S$2,000,000 corporation which will produce the craft. The will have a cruising speed of 400 miles per hour and the seventeen machine-guns will be mounted In clusters of three with a single trigger control operatig each "nest," the announcement disclosed—Uniteq Press, French Retort to Tokyo Charges a Paris, June 18, Statements attributed to General Kazushige Ugaki, Japanese Foreign 'Minister, were severely commented upon by' two newspapers here today when the question of Arms. tra ports through Indo-China into China Was again brought up.
"L/Ordre," Centrist organ, w.tes, "If we were taking offence, we would declare to Tokyo, "The false charges you bring against us are going to become realities." Only acting in that manner should we counter the unacceptable Japanese attitude, "L/Oeuvre", Radical Social paper, also takes up the cudgel writing, "French diplomats in Tokyo have already. replied to the charges brought against us. This did not prevent Gen, Ugaki from alluding to Us" again yesterday, Once mort France is threatened with the -occupation of Hainan Tsland, In fact however, it is Japan's great fear that China will establish. her capital Yunnanfu, not far from Indo-China,"
Necessities of Japan's internat policy are chiefly responsible for the repeated attacks against France's attitude in the China conflict made by the Nipponese Press and reportedly voleed: by Gen, Ugaki, authorltative Far Eastern experts declare today, They point out that Japan has not answered the French requests 10 cite precise facts justifying the pre Sent anti-French campaign, Diplomats here assert, "Japan would find it dimieult to point to any specific instances in which France has not enforced the prohibition of the transport of arms through Indo-China,"
General Ugaki's statements were apparently purposely vague mi took special mes trate of war material across its Far Eastern possessions, authorizing the transit only of material which had been ordered by China before the outbreak "of hostilities" "pollens continu "This measure constituted a gesture of high international courtesy, which the Japanese Government probably realizes to the full despite the neces sities of their internal policy," they add, Satisfaction is expressed at Gen. Ugald's clear aMrmation that Japan not contemplating the occupation of Hainan Island, This, it is pointed out, clears up Admiral Noda's recent statements that Japan, was ready, to gain victory in China "by all possible means; hence, hostilities may break out at any point in China."—Havs London Mission Society Asks Aid for China London, June 17, The Bourd of Directors of the London Missionary Society, which kas over 100" workers in China stations today, has adopted a resolution according to "which it "views vith abhorrence the ruthless bombs ing of non-combatant populations in Centon and other bluees. in China," and asks, "Would the Beifish Gov ernment take all peaceful sneans to prevent. such bombing?"
The resolution also invites churches to devote special prayers for the sake of the attacked civilians and "ea. that the Christian Church Zepan may be strengthened for its {ask of correcting the rampant, mille torism of the Japanese. people,"—Reuter, s. Anglo-Indian Safe San Pedro, June 16.
The new British steamer, the s. Anglo-Indian, "which "sent " out SES. on Tuesday to say the ship iwas aire, safely reached harbour yesterday. The fire is now under control but has caused heavy damage {to.the cargo. The vessel is only slightly damaged—Reuter.
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