The Archive · 1940

Signor Gorge Gives. View

Rome, Apr. 19. ste a a og "wu Press Indignant Chungking Objects Japangse press reaction to the statement yesterday of Mr, Cordell Hull, London, Apr. 19. United States' Secretary of State, re-Chungking is continuing to lodge garding the Netherlands East Indies objections to the proposed settlement ile. of the Tiențsin Silver question on declares that whielt Britain and Japan were underig rather un-stood to have reached a provisional agreement, Chinese sources here said of unnecessary into today.

Repeated British assurances, however, amount to a promise to refrain from imposing a settlement of this hae ah et of ing," has issued a statę- dispute upon Generalissimo Chiang cans treaties which are mani-Kai-shek's Government.

tes arbitrary internationa astly incompatible with the Japanese the proposed agreement which would presstite on Gen. Chiang to aci Britain was reported to be placing

axiom that, "until the unfair status devote £100,000 worth of Chinese Government silver in Tientsin to flood 'relief in north China while the "new order, no peace can be t only in the Far East but the world is replaced by remaining silver, valued at £700,000, fo prevail would remain sterilized in the vaults uubfetlly," the newspaper adds, of the Bank of Communications in Hull statement is intended as a

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