ATTACK ON JAPANESE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19947, 16 May 1928, Page 11

ATTACK ON JAPANESE.

INCIDENT AT TSINAN. PLANNED BY SOUTHERNERS. CONCLUSIVE PROOF FOUND. (Received May 15, 5.5 p.m.) United Service. SHANGHAI, May 14. Conclusive proof that the Southern Chinese planned the attack on the Japanese at Tsinan is alleged to have been discovered by the Japanese military authorities. They are said to have found the minutes of a final meeting between the southern leader, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek and his staff officers prior to the launching of the attack. The most important items in these minutes are:— (1) In the event of the Japanese presenting unreasonable demands the Southerners shall cope with them by force of arms. (2) The Southern generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek, shall not reply immediately to any Japanese ultimatum, but shall delay doing so in order to prepare countermeasures. The discovery was reported by a Japanese news agency.

"NANKING'S ACTION. DISMISSAL OF GENERAL. JAPAN NOT SATISFIED. (Received May 15, 8.55 p.m.) United Service. SHANGHAI. May 15. The Nationalist Government at Nanking has decided to dismiss General Ho Yaotsu for his connection with the Tsinan outrages. This decision is officially stated to be unsatisfactory to Japan, which demands the severe punishment of Generals Ho Yao-tsu and Feng Ching-kwei for the Tsinan outrages and. of General Chen Taoyuan for the culpable cutting of the Kaio-chow-Tsinan railway. The nature of the Nanking Government's foreign propaganda and the allegations made in its appeal to the League of Nations are also considered to constitute an exaggeration of its original offence.