SETBACK TO JAPANESE PUPPET GOVERNMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 290, 8 December 1939, Page 7

SETBACK TO JAPANESE PUPPET GOVERNMENT

. ARMY COOLING TOWARD WANG CHING-WEI WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS DEMANDED NEW YORK, Dec. 6. | The Peking correspondent of the New York Times says the death of Marshal Wu Pei-fu is a setback to the j puppet Government, in which he was l slated for a military portfolio. No one else has sufficient prestige. The Peking correspondent of the '.Associated Press of America says the i Japanese army in North China is cool- ! ing toward Wang Ching-wei’s efforts :to establish a new regime, which is likely to fail. This belief is based on reports that Mr. Wang is demanding I the withdrawal of Japanese troops immediately his Government is proIclaimed, which the Japanese do not intend to do. Compensation to U.S.A. The Tokio correspondent of the United Press of America says it is authoritatively stated tljat the Japanese Foreign Minister, Admiral K. Nomura. promised the United States Ambassador, Mr. J. C. Grew, compensation for damage to American interests in China and said every effort would be made to avoid future damage. He added Japan did not intend to attempt to oust third Powers and welcomed their participation in Chinese cultural and economic development. but if America insisted on an open-door policy with equal opportunity regardless of the changes from the Japanese operations, an Ameri-can-Japanese settlement would be delayed.