“ACT TOGETHER"

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 10

“ACT TOGETHER"

CHINA’S ONLY HOPE RESISTANCE TO JAPAN INSINCERE JINGOISM SHANGHAI, June !>. Marshal Chang Kai-shek has appealed by telegraph to Kwautung to his leader. General Chen Chi-tang, io abandon military preparations, declaring that China’s existence must not be gambled on a monetary impulse. Independent action, he points out, is useless. an<i national salvation must be achieved by the concerted efforts of Ihe entire people. Opinion at Nanking doubts the sincerity of the anli-Japanese jingoism of the Kwangsi generals in view of their recent close association with Japan. Business is at a standstill in Canton. NO IMMEDIATE DANGER [ FAR EASTERN TENSION i GARRISON REINFORCED ’ [ British Official Wireless. 1 RUGBY, June 9. Lord Ci an borne. Parliamentary L'nJer-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replied in the House of Commons lo a question on the Ear Eastern situation. He said that signs of tension had recently appeared in the relations of the South-western Provinces of China with the central Government but there seemed to be no sufficient reason al present to take an alarmist view of the position. Regarding smuggling in North China he said that conversations had continued between His Majesty’s representatives in Japan and China and the Government to which they were accredited. The Japanese Government had dispatched an official of the Foreign Ministry to examine the situation on the spot. Lord Cranborne added that he under {stood that the Japanese Garrison in i North China was being reinforced, but | he was unable to give actual figures.