THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBE
TRAUTMANN PEACE TALK RUMOURS DEFY DENIALS Initiative Not Believed To Be Japanese
GERMANY'S ANXIETY JAPANESE
TO RESTRAIN JAPAN
Shanghai, To-day.
IT is
is confirmed in German and Italian Embassy circles that the German Ambassador, Dr. Oscar Trautmann, at present is having conversations with General Chiang Kai-shek.
Diplomatic circles in Shanghai are ignorant of de-
tails but it is believed that initiative for the talks on peace terms did not come from the Jap-| anese. It is further believed that in any case. they are too late owing. to Japanese military
successes.
Well-informed circles here are of the opinion that Germany is anxious that Japan should not penetrate deeper into China-and expend effort and material which otherwise might be available against the Soviet.
CANNOT POSSIBLY SUCCEED
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF
PEACE ATTITUDE?
Peiping, To-day. The Japanese newspaper here splashes an urgent appeal to Chinese and foreign citizens to ask for peace, and urges every- one to shower urgent advice on
the Chinese Government now in Chungking to make Peace -
The paper gives the assurance that if telegrams to this effect are handed in, they will reach their destination-Reuter
RADIO GENERAL IN NEW ATTACK ON FRANCE
Seville, To-day. Following a long period of com- parative silence, General Queipo de Llando, the Spanish Nationalist "Radio General," has agam at- tracted attention to himself by an indignant tirade against the French Popular Front, which he alleges, is
GERMAN MAIL Continuing its role of "weapon
PLANE CRASH AT MUNICH
Munich, To-day.
smuggler" in spite of numerous protests from Salamanca.
During the past week the Gen- eral announced, twelve French muntion specialists had arrived in Republican Spain in order to as- sume direction of Government. A heavily-laden German mail munitions factories, and six Rus- plane yesterday crashed into the sian aeronautical engineers and 15 chemical works here when start- French foundry-experts had also Says "St. John's Review," coming on a flight to Baghdad. taken up advisory posts in Govern- menting on peace prospects in the The pilot was killed instantly ment territory.
wireless The General was less exact when It is understood that some Sino-Japanese war: "Japan had to the second pilot and Japanese circles are anxious to accept very poor terms at the Treaty operator seriously injured and he spoke of arms smuggling from keep General Chiang Kai-shek in of Portsmouth after the Russian two other members of the crew France but nevertheless made the power as being the only man capa- war simply because she could not slightly injured. ble of maintaining authority and stand the financial strain any longer. preventing chaos in the Yangtse Will history repeat itself,, and will Valley.
Japan contemplate the possibility of sanctions being applied in some form Nevertheless the opinion is gen-or other, rather than accept the erally expressed that proposals terms to which China is prepared emanating from Hankow cannot to submit? possibly succeed as it is regarded as inconceivable that at this junc- ture the Japanese army would withdraw from North China.
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It cannot be to the interests of Germany that Japan, her ally, should further weaken her resources, and at the same time destroy China- It is considered certain that aan important market for
German large Japanese garrison will be trade. maintained in Central China for an indefinite period-Reuter.
OFFICIAL DENIALS
The war has certainly not proved that Japan is either invulnerable or invincible.
and in this
Yesterday, the "China. Mail's" The great factor in warfare to Tokyo correspondent cabled that day is the air arm, the German Foreign Office had de-respect Japan is no match for Wes- nied any knowledge of a peace ap- tern powers, whose air forces are proach by Dr. Trautmann to Gen-
so extremely mobile and vast in
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek, adding number. that the Tokyo Government were not prepared to discuss peace un- der any circumstances until the capture of Nanking.
LITTLE HOPE FOR GENERAL LUDENDORFF
Munich, To-day.
There is no change in the condi- tion of the aged General Ludendorff, who is suffering from the effects o bladder trouble, but chances for his recovery are slight.
He is bearing his illness stoically and yesterday remarked to one his doctors: "I have been thro
Has Japan any justification for per- manently occupying China? Her claim is that she is really fighting against Communism. But China herself had Isuccessfully dealt with that problem, except for a small insignificant group in Shansi Japan claims to have a higher culture to offer China. But, her civilisation is a fusion of the Chinese and Western systems. Pre- sumably China can supply the former element at first hand, and any Wes- tern power the other element, where- as Japan can only supply either at second-hand.
Japan can maintain order, but China was clearly demonstrating her ability to do the same. It was possible to travel in safety to al- most any part of China before this
started. There does not seem inch justification for Japan re- aining on Chinese soil, except the so much that nothing can frighten justification that comes from me now.” Reuter
erior force.
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accusation that in recent weeks a French train loaded with military
NEW PALESTINE lorries and an aeroplane, had
COMMISSIONER
London, To-day.
crossed the frontier Trans- Ocean.
Chief, Palestine.
Renter announces that Sir Harold! Sir Harold MacMichael has been Alfred MacMichael will succeed Gen-Governor and Commander-in-Chief, eral Sir Arthur Wauchope as High Tanganyika Territory, since 1934- Commissioner and Commander-in-Reuter
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