The British position in respect. to the Sino-Japanese War was authorita-{ively defined to the United Press as follows:
Great Britain cherishes the hope that further discussion will lead to' solution of outstanding Anglo-Japan-
Heavily engaged as she is in Europe, Great Britain alone could hardly be expected to take a. strong. stand against the Japanese campaign China; Germany obviously is interested in embroiling Britain and Japan in a dispute; Britain's consent to a prohibition against the transportation. of munitions and certain strategic materials the Burma road should not be viewed as a blow to China, since the prohibition is to be limited to the three-month rainy season when traffic normally is only one-tenth of the volume carried at other times of the Jyear. OMicials here contend that the Burma road issue alone did not warrant the risk of war with Japan, The British Embassy was scomingly mystified over the Singapore broadcast. by Mr, S, W. Jones, effier administering the Singapore Government, Mr. Jones said that Britain was making "most earnest efforts to bring about peace between China and Japan, The British Embassy asserted that the broadcast was probably con nected with various general British statements relative to a desirability} for peace.
Neutral' quarters, however, present did not discard the' possibility that actual efforts by Britain toward peace talks between China and Japan might be in progress. United Press,
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