NOT SEEKING PEACE.
Suggestion - Of Jap. Weakness A " Misconception." MEANING OF NOTE TO CHIANG. (Received ».30 a.m.) TOKYO, February 20. The spokesman for the Japanese War Office in Tokyo said yesterday that the suggestion that the Japanese message of February 14 to Marshal Chiang Kaishek was a sign of military weakness was an utter misconception. The Japanese Army had no intention of making peace. The Chinese claim to have regained control of Nanning and to have recaptured Wingshun, east of that town. If the claim is true these successes reopen the Indo-China road. The Japanese announce a further raid on the Yunnan-Kunming railway which severely damaged a bridge and a tunnel. France has protested for the third time at the bombings of the HanoiKunming railway.
FOOD RIOTING.
Chinese Revolt In Jap.-Owned Territory. PEKING AND TIENTSIN. (Received - p.m.l SHANGHAI, February 20, According to heavily censored messages from North China, the poorer classes have been driven to desperation by food shortage, rising prices and depreciating currency. There have been food riots for two days in Peking and Tientsin.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 44, 21 February 1940, Page 7
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