SOON BE SOLVED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 69, 22 March 1941, Page 9

SOON BE SOLVED.

Trouble Between Communists And Chungking. FINANCE MINISTER'S VIEW. (Reed. 10 a.m.) CHUNGKING. Mar. 23. \ > - H. Minister of Finanop in the Chiang <Government.. in an intervicw. expressed the opinion that the deadlock between the Chungking Communists would soon be ?o]vod without, open conflict. He said the Communist?, due to an unfounded fear, recently began expanding Communist territory with their armies in order to coniccdidate their power and in that way they disobeyed military orders. He said he did not believe & crisis would arm? licraiisc the Communists* leaders were wise men and were sincerely determined to fight the Japanese. He categorically denied Japanese re)>orts that- Chimjjkinjj was orpajiisinjj a large anti-Communist army to attack the Communists. The newspaper "Tatting I*ao*' reported to-day that the CVntral Planning Board called Chiag Kai-shek's brain trust, was com piling a comprehensive three-year plan to co-ordinate wartime and political affairs and a five-year post-war reconstruction plan. JAPANESE ARMADA. Warships Reported Seen Off South China Coast. TROOP TRANSPORTS ALSO. (Reed. 2 p.m.i LONDON. Mar. 21. The Hongkong • correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain states that, reports have l<een received to-dav from Chinese sources that a Japanese armada of 10 warships and troop transports was off the south-east China between Amov and Hia. Kay. FRENCH CRUISERS. Three Reported En Route To Indo-China. SUBMARINE ALSO GOING. SAIOOK, Ma*. 21. A further addition to the French Asiatic Fleet appears to be imminent. A Japanese report states that three cruisers of tbe "GOO tons class and one submarine have left France en route to Saigon. The cruisers are reported to be the • •loire, Marseillaise and Montcalm. The Cl,,ire. Mar-rill*ir ■ at.d M., ; : calm were all ionip!cl"l .it : i,.- en 1'.'."7. "Ilicir d< i-_ii i- ■lain.,- } i . i„ ,i remarkably Mi<r~-~ful <.w a.-.] ;h. \ ha\e additional pr>,te, li,n \« i- - I Jo I>~ capable of rc-:-iin_- a " : .n - /. The fuel consumption i» r< ;-o. ted to \-- exeeptionally low. The armament c<tr.i' r i"C' nine Bin guns—two triple Uirrels forward and one aft—eight ."t.Sin ~nd eight I.lmm anti aircraft. Jims, four 21.7 a torpedo tnbes and four aircraft. A catapult mounted on the after-tarre^