Brussels, Dec. 28, The Belyian Government has headed the appeal of the Red Cross Comm! tee for aid for victims of the hostili-les in China with Frs, 100,000. The national appeal for contributions has had the happiest results, and a com~ mittee of the Belgian organization, slarting work jmmediately—Reuter, There is,. it declares, a certain irony and perhaps significance in the aifalrs: the Japanese Government give far-reaching assurances to Great Britain of the correct behaviour of the Japanese Fighting Services in the future, and, before the words are out of their mouths, the Services are gullly of a grave discourtesy to the British Ambassador and to the British Government.
This, "The Times" goes on, will not improve the atmosphere in which the British Ministers are considering the Note, but the guarantees it offers are impressive, and no one will complain if the British Government, as seems likely, decides: to accept them and await events—Reuter.
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