miinenee to the assurance from Lord Halifax, the British Foreign Secretary, in Europe will not. of polley in: Chi nas been received with considerable satisfaction among Chin~ circles here, who have been showing signs of anxiety lest Britain, on account of the "war, would yield to Japan's pressure in China, The independent "Lis! Min Pao," in a leading article this morning, declares that Lord, Halifax's assurances have "dashed Japan's. hopes to force Britain and France to come to terms {in her aggression in China."
"The paper points out that Britain's "seemingly wenk attitude" in the Far East Is entirely due: to European pressure and not to any desire on the art of Britain to compromise with Mr. T. V. Soong Now in Hongkong, Sept. 8.
It Is confirmed that Mr: T. V. Soong, Chairman of the Bank of China, is now in-Chungking. He left Hongkong on Wednesday night by alr and arrived at Chungking yesterday morning. "Mr. Soong's departure was secret even {rom his, closest
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