"ARCH TRAITOR"

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23829, 3 December 1940, Page 8

"ARCH TRAITOR"

JAPAN'S PUPPET WARNING BY CHINA RELATIONS WITH NANKING BE ACTION TO TREATY By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, Dec. 1 The Chinese response to the treaty between Wang Ching-wei and Japan is a warning to other countries from Chungking that recognition of the "arch traitor of the Republic" ■would be considered an unfriendly act. Wang Chung-hui. Foreign Minister in the Chiang Kai-shek Ministry, said: "The conclusion by Japan with the puppet / organisation at Nanking oi what purports to be a treaty is the culmination of a series ol aggressive acts on her part designed to ove .'throw law and order, not only in China, but in the whole ol the Pacific. "The National Government of the Republic of China reiterates most emphatically that Wang Ching-wei is the arch traitor of the republic and the puppet regime at Nanking is an illegal organisation whose acts, whatever their character, are null and void. "Should any foreign country choose to accord recognition to the puppet organisation ihe Government of ( hina will consider it an uniriendly act. and will be constrained to discontinue normal relations with such a country. The Nanking treaty was anticipated in London and caused little interest. Britain's- position has been clear tor a long time —recognition of Chiang Kai-shek's Government at Chungking as the National Government of China.

FIGHTING CONTINUES INDO-CHINA DISPUTE THAI FRONTIER ACTIVITY (Received December 2. 8.40 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2 An air battle lasting for 20 minutes Occurred above the Mekong River village cf Thakhek while the French retalifited against Thailand, following the bombings of Thursday and Saturday, states a report from Hanoi. The principal cities in southern IndoChina are enforcing a black-out and in Hanoi the authorities are giving the impression that the situation is grave. The Thai High Command issued the following communique in Bangkok: "Thai forces on Sunday repulsed the French invasion of southern Thailand. French aeroplanes continued to violate throughout Sunday." AIR RAIDS RESUMED CHUNGKING AREA BOMBED (Received December 2, 5.50 p.m.) CHUNGKING. Dec. 1 For the first time for a month the 'Japanese raided the Chungking area. The city was not attacked. SPAIN WILL RESIST INVASION BY GERMANS AN ENVOY'S ASSERTION LONDON, Nor. 30 "We do not expect the Germans to invade Spain. If they do, we will resist," said Senor Pierna Yieja del Pozo, a self-professed pro-German, who is the special investigator for General Franco of the raid damage in Britain. Senor del Pozo, who believes that Hitler will win the war, has been given official permission to visit London's defence posts and inspect the damage done in the German raids. He has been in England for a month, visiting gun emplacements and studying Britain's war plans, under the guidance of the Ministry of Information. He now wishes to examine the coastal defences, especially those at Dover. "I think the decisive battle will be in the Near East," he said, "and Britain will be in real difficulties when the Germans seize the Suez Canal. We have yet to■ see what the Italians can do. We did not like them in the Spanish war. "The bombing of London," he added, ".is worse than any I have seen in Spain, but I am very impressed by the way that Londoners are carrying on."

SWISS REFERENDUM (Received December 2, 6.1.0 p.m.) ZURICH, Dec. 1 A national referendum rejected a bill providing for military instruction for Swiss youth.