The Archive · 1939

Adjourned Till Monday

Tokyo, July 28.

After a three-hours session, the Anglo-Japanese round table conference adjourned at 1 pin. today. Discussions will be resumed on Monday mornin Today's proceedings at the conference are reported to have been very smooth and friendly. Discussion of the legal-tender issue is said to have been completed, but the nature of the decisions reached have not been revealed.

The conference then began negotiations for transfer of the silver stocks in the British Concession at Tientsin, and other relevant matters.

It is understood that the round table conference yesterday morning made considerable progress in the discussions regarding the maintenance of peace and order in the British Concession in Tientsin, The Chinese Anti-Boycott Campaign Committee has directed a "back to the Chinese quarters" appeal to all Chinese residents of the Britis Concession, Japanese reports stated.

This committee continued vigorourly to push its anti-British campaign despite the present Anglo-Japanese parleys in Tokyo, Japanese sources noted.

They pointed out that yesterday this committee addressed an appeal to all Chinese residents of the British Concession urging them to sever their relations with Britain, leave their employers and return to the Chinese sections of the city.

Furthermore, Japanese circles said that this committee had organized propaganda groups. These groups were charged with the task of parading in the streets urging peuple to boycott Britain, the Japanese sources said.—Unied Press.

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