London, July 2.
HE British Governraent was drafting a series of stiff counter-
XI demands today to present to Japan this week when Anglo-Japanese negotiations open in Tokyo, probably on Thursday. The Government diverted its attention temporarily to the Far Eastern crisis after new British and French ultimatums to Chancellor Adolf Hitler—warning that aggression—appeared to have blocked any City. against Poland would mean war immediate Nazi coup in the Free Among the British counter-demands expected to be presented to the Japanese Government in Tokyo this week are the following 1. Reopening of all Chinese ports to Third Power shipping.
2. Reopening of the interior of Japanese-occupied China, particularly in the Yangtze Valley area, to foreign commerce.
3. Lifting of the Japanese blockade of the British Concession in Tientsin and assurances against further "intolerable insults" to Britons in China.
4. Immediate suppression of the anti-British campaign being promoted by Japan throughout Japanese-occupied areas of China.
5. The immediate release of Lieut.-Col. Christopher Spear, British Military Attache, who has been held by the Japanese Army in Kalgan since May 26 despite frequent British protests.—United Press.
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