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THÉ CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 2, 1938.
CHINA COMMUNIST
ALHAMBRA PARTY'S ALLIANCE WITH
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CURIOSITY IN THE COMMONS
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London, To-day.
ROYAL BABY
NAMED
was
Soestdijk, To-day. Princess Juliana's baby Parliament-reassembled yester-named Beatrice Wilhelmina Arm- day and in the Commons nearly gaard at the official registration one hundred questions appearing ceremony at the Palace yesterday on the Order Paper were supple- afternon-Reuter. mented by several put by private notice.
THE KUOMINTANG
Hankow, To-day.
In view of the negotiations offered by General- issimo Chiang Kai-shek with the Communist Party concerning eventual collaboration between the lat- ter and the Kuomintang a representative of Trans- Ocean took the opportunity of asking one of the leading members of the Communist Party, Mr. Cho Wen-lai, for his opinion of the situation.
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Mr. Cho Wen-lai declared that since the beginning of hostilities with Japan the Communist Party had closely collaborated with the Kuomintang, for her security against foreign aggression was an essential condition of China's national existence. For this reason, he said, the Communist party had resolved to do everything pos- sible to strengthen national resistence to Japan. The Party would not be dissolved but it had voluntarily undertaken to reorganise the Red Army as an integral part of the Chinese national army.
The Communist Party had recog-. nised that in the hour of peril the]
could life of the Chinese nation
only be preserved by the union of all sections of the population, and, therefore, it had declared to work under the leadership of the Kuo- mintang..
RELATIONS DISTURBED
Mr. Cho recalled that ten years ago the Kuomintang and the Com- the munist Party had entertained friendliest relations which, mean- while, had been disturbed by the failure of the Kuomintang to real- ise the Party's social and political programme. Both Parties, however, according to Mr. Cho, were equally interested in seeing China 'emerge successfully from the war and in establishing a democratic republic.
Mr. Cho Wei-lai stressed that after the war the Communist Party would be willing to play the politi- cal part to which it was entitled in a democratic regime. He expressed confidence that the co-operation be- tween the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would be con- tinued after the war, and voiced the hope that such co-operation would lead to a reconstruction of a Chinese empire on stronger foun- dations.
Communist
-ANTI-NAZI-
EXHIBITION PROTEST
Paris, To-day,
protested
to
The German Ambassador to France has
the French Government against the anti-Nazi exhibition in Paris.
The exhibition has been strong- ly criticised in the German press and denounced as an insult to the German people.-Reuter.
SOVIET NAVAL AND COASTAL DEFENCES
Moscow, To-day. Details of the growth of the Soviet navy and central defences in recent years, are given by M. Smirnov, newly appointed Com- missar for the Navy, in an arti- cle in "Pravda."
He said that the navy and coastal defences have grown immensely in quality and quantity, especially the
submarine fleet.
Soviet battleships had been fully modernised.
DECLARATIONS CONFIRMED
Referring to these declarations of the Communist leader, a spokes- man of the Chinese Foreign Office confirmed that the... Party in a manifesto issued last July had renounced its policy of conquering power in China by
Fortified coastal areas were three- force and of the confiscation of pri-fold greater than five years ago, vate property.' It had also renoun-1
while artillery armament of the coas ced the organisation of a separate tal defence was one and a
half 'Red Army, and on this basis. co- operation with the Kuomintang. times greater
had been rendered possible.
M. Smirnov claimed that the navy
The spokesman added that on was ready to repel any attack condition that the supremacy of the Reuter. Kuomintang be recognised the lat- ter would be prepared to grant
equality of rights to the Commun- ist Party in the future provided that the Communists remain within the bounds of legality. Trans- Ocean.
TIVOLI MUNITION WORKS DISASTER
Rome, To-day.
First official list of identified dead in the terrible munitions factory explosion on Saturday, gives only 18
Full name of the little Princess names.
After questions, the
House thus will be Beatrice Wilhelmina turned, as is usual on the day of Armgaard, Princess of Orange and reassembly, to business of second- Princess of Lippe-Biestenfeld- ary importance, British Wireless. Trans-Ocean,
At the same time, it is announced that work in some departments of the factory will be resumed in the middle of this week. Tra -Ocean,
AIR BOMBING VENDETTAS IN SPAIN
Paris, To-day. The Premier, M. Camille Chautemps, declaring that the
Government considered it their
imperative duty to try and bring
about an end to the "appalling
air bombing vendettas in Spain, stated yesterday:
"With M. Delbos (the Foreign Minister), I have begun negotia- tions to gain the help of other Powers.
"In addressing an urgent ap- peal to the feelings of humanity of governments and peoples, we have no doubt that they will give their support,” → Reuter
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