London, July 29.
PPARENTLY heartened by the U.S. abrogation of the Japanese-American trade treaty, Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, has issued instructions to Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador to Tokyo, to press the Japanese authorities to remove the restrictions against the British Concession at Tientsin, it was understood today.
"The Foreign Secretary, it was understood, instructed the British Ambassador to suggest that the Tientsin blockade be lifted immediately and at the same time point out that a continuance of Japanese restrictions at Tientsin'would not be conducive to further negotiations at Tokyo.—United Press.
Tokyo, July 29.
Japanese circles here consider that the Anglo-Japanese negotiations on the Tientsin issue are progressing well, if not smoothly.
As a result of separate interviews between individual members of the two delegations today, it was decided to refer economic questions to a committee, which will meet at 9 am. on Monday.
Mr. H. A. Macrae, Cmomercial Counsellor to the British Embassy, and Major C. A. Herbert, Superintending Consul in Tientsin, will represent the British side on the committee, while Mr. Hikozo Tanaka, Japanese Consul-General in Tientsin, and Messrs. Mario Aoki and Koichiro Asakai, Secretaries of the Foreign Office, will represent the Japanese side, Apparently growing impatient at the alleged slow progress of the Tokyo parleys, state Japanese reports, the Tientsin Anti-British Citizens' League has called anti-British rallies for Monday at noon at two points in the city.
The demonstrators plan to stage a parade in the streets, and to converge upon the British Consulate.
Collapse Threatened The round table conference is threatened with collapse as a result o{ {he continued wide divergence of opinion between the British and Japanese delegations on the legal tender and silver stocks questions, according to Japanese press reports.
Officials of the Foreign and War Offices met last night to consider the [matter, and are said to have decided io press the Japanese viewpoint.
According to the "Nichi Nichi," the Japanese army is of the opinion that a complete breakdown of the conference is inevitable if the British continue to maintain their "insincere" attitude.
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