Yesterday Lord Halifax, the See telary of State for Foreiin Affairs, ud Ate. RA. Butler, the Under= Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Tengthily discussed the situation at Kulangsu. Reuter learns that there fe no doubt that Great Britain will firmly resist the Japanese demands and it is confidently felt. that the [Cnited States will take the same stand.
At the same time, newspapers con-{nue to report fully on developments at Kulangsu.
The "Manchester Guardian." emphasizing that the status of Kulangsu Is exactly the same ax that of the star jrnational Settlement in Shanghai world attention upon methods of warfare which entailed the "wholesale ma wre of civi populations, the British Government would consider approaching other governments to organize collective representations to Japan in favour of abstention from such donal attacks as were made recently on Chungking.
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