The Archive · 1939

Convoy for U.S. Ships

Sought Los Angsles, Sent 11 'The German-American' Lengue of Las Angeles, in a telegram to Preident. Roosevelt, sought aval con-foys for all American ships saling fo and from Buropean ports. today. United Press Better Relations with Japan Foreseen Lene fg 6 sao Rohe rin coe Halal a Ser fee cee a sori e once Midigedesved appeasement sight be Robie ual mean sires ian eat likely be taken up semi-officially in her guiding principles in Far et policy, the same quarters concluded. vas, Britain Willing to Resume Talks London, Sept, 7.

In a statement in the' House of Commons today on the general position in the Far East, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said the hostilities there had for some time been on a very stricted scale, although operations of some importance appeared to have hech in progress from the beginning:

May on the Mongol-Menchoulo Th an alde-memoirs on September 5 to the representatives of Great Britain, France, Germany and Poland, Mr. Butler continued, the Japanese [Government stated their intention to concentrate their efforts on a settle-

Craigie (British Ambassador Tokyo) with the Japanese Government, he said, were' at present in suspense, The British Government hod made it clear that they we frixions to continue the conversations in the hope that an agreement could yet be reached on all outstanding Points.

Meanwhile, the situation in Tientsin, Mr. Butler added, remained unchanged, except in so far as it was complicated by floods—Reuter.

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