London, Dec. 8.
Italy intends to create à Franco-Itdlian incident and oblige Germany support Rome's "claims" for ter-Titorial.iconcessions, [informed poljticians here asserted and expressed confidence that German quarters are not unanimously decided to back Italy, Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler is exe pected to wait for Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, to report upon his visit to the Frénon. capital.
Reliable quarters here have im formation from Rome sh that Fascist circles are not certain of Get-many's attitude and might therefore make a desperate move to oblige he Reich to come to their aid.
Many British observers are astonished that Mr. Neville Chamberlain agreed to Mr. Malcolm MacDonald's making a statement categorically Te-fusing to consider any return to Ger-meny of her former colonies as this Acid Throwing Explaining the recent acid throwing et Wuchang, Dr. Roots made a statement as follows: "We had about 180 refugees in our mission compound and the Japanese loaded 40 of them into trucks and took them to their own camp. We had observed that they were being badly treated, some of the women being raped. Sometime later the Japanese came back and attempted to take another party during which some more women were ill-treated and-so I attempted to intervene. After arguing with the officers we persuade ed them to leave and as they were doing so two soldiers disgraced the American flag on the wall, hoping that I would get angry. As nothing! happened they picked up a carbolic acid spray gun and turned it into my face. Then they left. Apart from stinging the acid did little damage and I suffered very few ill-effects, being more concerned about the treatment of the refugees."
The Rev. Leslie Fairfield, in an interview, told the—"North-China Daily News" that the situation in Hankow and Anking where he was stationed, had improved considerably. One-third of the population had gone Back to Hankow he asserted, but no business was being done and the food supply question was rather serious. The Japanese stores in the port were selling their goods to the army, he added, and as there were between two. and five thousand soldiers in the city they were doing a brisk trade.
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