Hankow, July 20
"The visit of the British King and Queen to Paris will not only strengthen Anglo-French friendship. but is also likely to make a new contribution to world peace," states the "Sao Tang Pao," organ of the Chinese Army, in a leading article today.
From a political and economi viewpoint, the paper goes on to s: Anglo-French ce-operation will stab-the European situation. Before this can happen, however. the journal continues, peace must be established in the Far Ea:
"It is clear that Japan wants to take over British and French interests in the Far East for a long time." it declar "The recent Hainan Island case was just a sounding of British and French policy by the Japanese. We hope that the British King in France will not only pay attention to European peace, but also to British ud French interests in the Far East, and te world collective security cular reference to the With parti-Far Eastern šitúation."—Reuter
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