PEACE IN CHINA
OPEN LETTER TO MR CHAMBERLAIN FROM FORMER CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER (Received 30th November, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 29th November. The former Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr Eugene Chen, in an open letter to Mr Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, states that peace in China, which is vital to British interests, can be established either by yielding to General Itagaki, Minister of War, who is representative of the military elements ruling in Japan, or standing up to him with the Soviet by China’s side. Mr Chen adds: “You know and General Itagaki knows that Britain cannot withstand Japan. General Itagaki knows that France can do nothing unless Japan actually invades Indo-China. but General Itagaki also knows that Britain, with Soviet co-operation, can impose peace without sacrificing China. He knows that any war with Russia will be fought on Japanese territory. Neither British nor Chinese vital interests will be served if Britain alone embarks on peace mediation.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 30 November 1938, Page 7
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