RED INFLUENCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23489, 28 October 1939, Page 11

RED INFLUENCE

CHINESE PROVINCES TROOPS NOW IN KANSU PEACE OFFER REPORT DENIED ——. ' (Received October 27, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 2tf AH four north-western provinces of China—Shensi, Kansu, Ningsia .&iad Sinkiang—are being Sovietised, 6ays a Domei news agency report : from Tokio. The Chinese Communist 4th Route Army, under General Chuteh,"is moving into Shensi. ' . Soviet regulars are now stationed in Kansu. A message from, Chungking isays the Chinese Foreign Office denies a ese report that China hae made an offer of peace through the United States Ambassador to China, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson. > . A Domei news agency report contained in a message from London on Wednesday stated that the Chinese Government had made important proposals to the Unites! States Ambassador to China, possibly in connection with overtures for . American mediation iii the Sino-Japanese war. The proposals, it was hinted, were linked with those made by the Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Chung-hui, last-month.

NEW ZEALAND UNIT CAMP IN SOUTH SURREY START IN DISMAL WEATHER SERIOUS WORK NEXT WEEK LONDON, Oct. 26 The first New Zealand volunteers in England, an anti-tank unit 140 strong, ; mustered to-day in South Surrey" under the most dismal conditions, experiencing the first frost of the winter, followed by a thunderstorm and driving rain. There was no ceremonial muster, the volunteers drifting into camp of their own free will, with the time limit set at 3 p.m. The New Zealanders will be at least three days without uniforms, and will not tackle any serious work until nest week, when the New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr. W. J. Jordan, will officially visit. them. They will be housed in well-found huts, and are not under canvas.

CRITICS ATTACKED MINISTRY OF INFORMATION ORIGINAL t STAFF SELECTION . LONDON, Oct. 20 Lord Camrose. one of the leading newspaper proprietors in Britain, who - announced his resignation from the Ministry of Information yesterday, pointed out t])at the Ministry was originally constructed with a staff nominated at the instance of Sir Samuel Hoare, Lord Privy Seal, when he was Home Secretary. "I am tired of the gibes of critics of the Ministry, who are either afraid to attack the people who constructed it, or are ignorant of wliat department organised it,'*' added Lord Camroso.

RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT (Received October 27. 5.5 p.m.) MOSCOW, Oct.' 26 The Russian Parliament will meet on October 31. SLOVAKIAN PRESIDENCY, (Received .October 27, 6.5 p.m.) BRATISLAVA. Oct. 26 The Premier of Slovakia, Dr. Josef Tiso, has been elected President.