Amoy, July 14.
Owing to engine repairs, the Japanese are stopping the water supply in Kulangsu for two days. They have promised to resume the service on Sunday.—Reuter, Conference Failure Predicted Dr, Wang Chun-hui, Foreign Minister, today without any hesitation pre-leted the failure of the Anglo-Japan-fosse negotiations at 'Tokyo on' the Tientsin issue. He said that the négoliations would collapse because the two viewpoints Japan wants to settle greater problems such as the "silver stored in Tientsin, Chinese currency and the new order in East Asia," the Foreign Minister said.
These farnes involve other nations asthe silver belongs to China and the other Powers interested in the cur freney and the status of China in the Far East, he declared.
"Britain cannot, settle these questions unilaterally," he said, pointing out at. the biggest. handicap cone fronting the negotiations was the fact that Japanese militarists would. con-{rol the Jeponcse viewpoint Discussing Japanese policy inthe event the negotiations "break. down, the aald that although Japan hed threatened to occupy British conees-sions in China by force, he could not believe that Japan, would make such move: because "that would. carry their poley too fr."
Great Britain, he said, will probably refuse to discuss other matters which the Japanese desire because "Britain has no right and refuses to negotiate fon matters. in. which other mations fre concerned."
The only logical conclusion is that the conference will fil, he #058. {s"obvious that if Great Britain ives "to the Japanese, the other third Powers will suffer" as the Japanese Dower at m time and others win ley ts to apply "pressure on one Referring to the mew American neutrality ily the Chinese Foreign Minister believed that there would be Along debate in the Senate and said that it would handicap the Admini. stration in playing lis part in world The provisions for only. short term credits of 00 days would hurt China while the "embargo on arma: and ammunition would hurt Great Britain fand France in the event of war in Europe, he sald—United. Press Mysterious Death of British Soldier Tientsin, July 16.
Private J. W. Tomlinson, of the Durham Light Infantry, died at Tangshan in the early hours of July 18 as fa result of an abdominal wound, He was found at 11.30 the night before in Shanhaikwan with an abdominal wound in his right. side. He vas immediately rushed to the Kailan Mining Administration hospital at Tangshan, where he died under the anaesthetic.
"The circumstances of the attack are not lear and the British authorities are investigating the affair. Private Tomlinson was a native of Stockton, Durham—Reuter.
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