PUPPET REGIME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23828, 2 December 1940, Page 7

PUPPET REGIME

CONTROL OF CHINA RECOGNISED BY JAPAN NANKING TREATY SIGNED (Received December 1. 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 30 The Japanese foreign Office announced that General Abe and Wang C'hing-vei signed the basic JapanChina treaty at Nanking. Plenipotentiaries of Japan, Manchukuo and China signed a joint declaration as a result of which Japan formally recognised "the Republic of China headed by Wang Ching-wei."

According to reports from Nanking, the treaty revealed that Japan has been granted virtual control of the Yangtse Valley, North China and Inner Mongolia. In addition, the Nanking puppet Government has agreed to pay full indemnities to Japanese nationals for war losses. Japanese Army Privileges The treaty provides for a joint defence against Communism and the closest economic and cultural co-opera-tion. It permits .lapanose troops to remain in North China and Inner Mongolia indefinitely and elsewhere for at least two years after peace has been restored, while the .la pa nose Navy is granted base rights at unspecified ports "for the time required," subject to future negotiation. The treaty was signed in the main hall of the Nanking administration building, which is near Dr. Sun Yat Sen's tomb on the Purple Mountain. Japanese photographers were active from every angle. "Relations How Normal" The Japanese Doinei news agency, commenting on the signing of the treaty, says: "Japan has automatically recognised the Nanking regime as the national Government of China, thereby branding the Chiang Kai-shek administration as a regional and refugee regime. Siuo-Japanese relations are nownormal." Demonstrating against the treaty, 6'iO Chinese police in Shanghai went on strike. Chinese shops were not opened. Constabies wore on the verge of rioting outside the central police station, demanding increased wages. A truck carrying United States Marines arrived at tho police station and a conference was held with the police and Japanese army officers. Meanwhile, the Shanghai volunteers, including the American troops, were advised to prepare for mobilisation. A municipal emergency meeting has been called.