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Show Hints at War v. ' ( L. -A CHINA ENVOY TOTOKIOMAY BE RECALLED Action Will Result if Japan Launches Jehol Drive, Spokesman Say NIPPON FIRM ON POLICY Refuses to Change Attitude on Manchuria ft Aseeeleted (fes ' Soon after Japan . informed the league of nations today that It was adamant in its determination to present pre-sent the Hanchukuoan government in Manchuria a spokesman fot the Chines national government hinted that the Chines minister to Tokio would be withdrawn in the event the Japanese started a drive In the adjoining ad-joining Chines province, Jehol. Th Chinese spokesman, T. V. Sobng, , acting premier and finance minister, said he did not "see tha use of keeping a minister in Tokla If ther should be a drive on Jehol, as obviously diplomatic measures would be. of sa avail." He replied "this mat, ter If of no consequence," when asked if China wera likelr to declare war T. V. Soong on Japan, but added "any attack on Jehol -would be Just like an stuck ' on Nanking and would be met by the J fore of th entire nation." ' JAPAN ADAMANT t Japan Informed the league of na ( Hons today that it was adamant in t its determination to preserve the t Japanese-maintained government of Manchukuo in Manchuria. It was i taken for granted by all officials that this meant the end of conciliation in the Manchurian dispute. I Th lesgue, which has drafted a i recommendation that member nations xm ... .1. w-j requested Jspan's views on a proposal . to discontinue thst government ' Chinese dispatches said their forces j resisUng a Japanese offensive into ' Jehol province were hard pressed in the vicinity of the city of Chaoyang. Seven thousand Japanese troops were reported concentrating on th east Jehol battlefront Fears that Japan was on the verge of excommunicaUon from the league caused a heavy slump in th Tokio stock exchange. A foreign office . spokesman ssid he believed Jspsn's withdrawal from th league was a foregone conclusion. HELD LOAN SECURITY "American aid to China" was involved in-volved in the recent removal of Chinese Chi-nese art treasures from Pelping, a Japanese Jap-anese official spokesmen said. He claimed the treasures from tha ancient an-cient capital were transported to southern cities as security for an American loan of about $12,000,000. The Japanese spokesman for the Manchukuo government 'voiced a threat to slam the open door on Manchuria Man-churia in the world's face il the oow- era attempt to outlaw Japan. "We can feed ourselves indefinitely without help," he said. Chinese society women were giving up social functions in an attempt to complete th sewing of 10,000 padded suits within the next few days for Chinese troops in the cold northern mountain regions. General Nobuyoshl Muto, supreme Japanese military and diplomatic representative rep-resentative in Manchuria, yesterdsy was quoted aa saying at Changchun that Jehol is an insepsrable part of Manchukuo and that Japan's purpose there is to preserve "peace and order and th protection of the Japanese lives and commerce In Manchuria, where the world admits we havs special spe-cial treaty rights." He denied categorically cate-gorically that Japan Intended to annex an-nex Jehol for her own purposes. |