London, July 18.
War clouds in the Far East cannot be a matter of indifference to the outside world, declares an editorial in the "Sunday Times,"
"Very large outside interests are involved in China," it asserts. "There must be a fervent hope that the negotiations now taking place in Tientsin will find some formula for peace and that Tokyo's assurance that there is little fear that the situation will grow worse may prove accurate....It should be possible to arrive at terms that will not wound Chinese prestige,"—Havas.
Paris, July 18.
The possible application of the American Neutrality Law in North China crisis is discussed by Mme. Genevieve Tabouis in "L'Oeuvre," Mme. Tabouis believes that President Roosevelt would be in favour of applying the Neutrality Pact if it could be done without being too much in favour of Japan who would find it easier than China to send out her merchants ships and pay cash for needed supplies.
"In the Presidenta entourage, there are heard murmurs that the Neutrality Act contains enough paragraphs in its text, and America has enough lawyers capable of interpreting them, so that in the final analysis President Roosevelt would have all the latitude necessary, He would thus not be obliged to furnish Japan with whatever would assist an empire which, in a few years, will be well able fo measure herself with the United States.
"The personal part that the President plays in the application of the neutrality law toward Japan will be very important for the liberty of presidential action in the future," she concludes.
The importance of the attitude of the United States in the solving of the North China striation is stressed also in "La Republique,"
"Only one thing can save peace," that paper declares. That is the intervention of the great powers, particularly that of the United States, Therefore it is necessary to follow very closely what happens in Washington where the President appears to be uneasy about the situation, Only the influence of the great American republic would be able to make Japan hesitate to pursue the path which it is choosing."—Havas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.