The Japanese government will hereafter entertain no idec of negotiating directly with Chungking in any circumstances, since Japenese military authorities in China. and Mr, Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister, are of the opinion that Japan should totally support the new Nanking regime on the basis of the newly concluded treaty signed at Nanking This is the gist of a statement issued by K. Honda, the Japanese Ambassador to Nanking, on Wednesday night in the Astor House Hotel. after he had arrived here from Nanking. Ambassador Honda is expected to leave Shanghai today to consult Tokyo on these questions, it is revealed by the "Sin Shun Pao" which published his statement in full yesterday present unemployables or infirmity) or men in transitic from one job to another; the whole country is working very h and when one loses a man it is extremely dificult to replace him. Women are taking on men's jobs everywhere, especially in the transport services The Underground seems to hi ferred by the less a ctive Years ago I heard critics of a well-known admira duced to apologetic silence by someone pointing out that they appeared to have forgotten that the admi was at least a magnificent racqi player. Now some lunatic has written to "The Times" pointing out that "One of General Wavell's noblest qualities has passed unmentioned. In the former War we reckoned that we got good inter-divisional cricket in Palestine. Genera] Wavell was not merely a more than useful bat. he was a valued change bowler—leg-breaks with a really fine turn of speed, which is not too common with a leg-break bowler. He played for Corps H.Q." No wonder foreigners think us mad!
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