THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 25, 19
RUSSIA NOT LIKELY TO INTERVENE IN FAR EAST Mr. Sun Fo Reveals Impressions Of Moscow
Stalin Practical And Knows What He Wants
London, To-day.
-R. A. F.
RESERVES
London, To-day.
An emergency reserve of 42-
000 R.A.F. ex-service officers is.
cil-Renter.
“Russia regards the war in the Far East with great being planned by the Air Coun
anxiety, but at present there seems no prospect of her intervening owing to the dangers of com- plications in Europe, which might start a world
·war," declared Mr. Sun Fo, China's special en- voy in Europe, in an interview with Reuter yes-
ASTOUNDING
terday. Mr. Sun Fo had just arrived in London PEIPING MONEY
by air from Paris.
Mr. Sun Fo said he had had a long conversation
with Stalin, who struck him as an extremely SITUATION
practical man who knew exactly what he wanted.
CHINESE TROOPS STILL ADVANCING
Peiping, To-day.
HULL PLAN TO SAVE AUSTRIAN REFUGEES
The Secretary Cordell Hull, has establishment of a
national committee to get political refugees out of Germany and Austria
The suggestion was made in tele- grams despatched from the State Department to nine European Gov- ernments, including the British Gov- ernment, and to every country. Latin America.
transporting refugees would be Under Mr. Hull's plan the cost of
every country which agreed to
1. As far as Mr. Sun Fo was able Currency troubles in Peiping to judge, the Russian people ap-threaten to bring foreign busi-borne by private organisations in peared absolutely in support of ness to a standstill their Government, and the recent The difficulty arises from the receive them. purge had not shaken the stability fusal of the new Federated Re- of the state.
serve Bank to sell foreign ex-
US. INITIATIVE Mr. Sun Fo frequently saw M. change, and the refusal even of Ja-the United States Governmen An official communique says Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet Foreign panese banks to exchange the new taking this action owing Commissar, who informed him he notes for yen, although the Feder "necessity of a speedy
sure Herr Hitler meant to ated Bank is Japanese sponsored seize Austria immediately.
and began operating with a 100, if widespread human
effort under Government Mr. Sun Fo, after his Moscow (000,000 ren credit from a group of CHINESE
suffering visit went to Vienna, and only Japanese banks.
to be averted.” left the Austrian capital the day
The European countries to which Most foreign banks are under the telegrams were sent are Britain, before the seizure of Austria. orders to only sell exchange against France, Belgium, the Netherlands,
small, and companies such as the land and Italy. cover, which is now remarkably Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzer- oil companies are only selling goods No country will be asked to as are covered by exchange which ceive more refugees than is permit While the centre column is
becomes available at the banks. The Chinese armies were now far pressing forward along the rail-',
ted by present laws. Beuter way line to Lincheng, which fell at the beginning of the conflict, payment of retail goods, while the
better organised and equipped than ing to accept the new currency for accept them.
Even Japanese shops are refus-
Was HANKOW; TO-DAY. "ADVANCING IN THREE CO- LUMNS, THE FORCES IN THE REGION OF THE TIENTSIN-PUKOW RAIL WAY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN DRIVING THE JAPANESE BACK NORTHWARDS FROM THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY · OF SHANTUNG.
WAR IN CHINA
Mr. Sun Fo stated the opinion that the war in China would las at least another year, and possibly 'much longer.
into Japanese hands on Monday, and it was now clear that Japan new Government has now resorted the police force to visit all houses The Government is also using an entire Chinese division is re- ported to be advancing along the
was having no easy time.
to advertising, declaring its notes to persuade the populace to accept branch railway between Lin-Japan was obliged to keep two- are good and urging the people to the notes. Renter
cheng and Taierchuang.
JAPANESE RETREAT
thirds of her resources in reserve against the possibility of a quarrel This division has compelled a could only use one-third of her re with a third power, and hence she Japanese retreat from the branch sources against China, and had to line, and the Chinese here are re-draw on this one-third heavily. ported to have captured a large
CHINA'S CURRENCY amount of enemy war materials. There was no doubt of the sta
The third column operating to bility of the Chinese the west of the T.PR. is press-Chinese reserves abroad were in- ing forward northwards along tact, and China was able to finance the bank of Tusuan Lake and has the purchase of arms abroad with- already reached the suburbs of out injury to her currency reserve. Yenchow, a station on the T.P.B. The Chinese currency restrictions Trans-Ocean.
PEIPING TO BE PREMIER PUPPET
Tokyo, To-day
currency.
had spoiled Japanese hopes of buy- ing foreign exchange to finance the new Bank in Peiping with notes 01 the Central Bank of China, which $300,000,000 were circulating in North China.
MEETING OLD FRIENDS Mr. Sun Fo hopes to sta England for three to
and to see the
The House of Peers yesterday bassador to China
unanimously, and amendment, passed the National Mobilisation Bil
without
and sen (fo
Alexander Cadog renew his acqua
and now in Foreign Office) Sir
Oss (the eco rganised Chi
Hughe
merly
United
The Lower House adopted the North China Developments Bill and the Central China Company Promo tion Bill
At an extraordinary session of the Diet, the Foreign Minister ported on the Central China re
which
would shortly be brought
Mr Koka Hir hope that the
Govern
North China re
the
made
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