THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1940
SELL-OUT TO JAPAN Eight More Agreements With Puppets Disclosed MONOPOLISTIC
AND RAPACIOUS
of any other undertakings in railway DANGER OF
reconstruction for general transporta- tion purposes, or any motor transpor- tation enterprise on routes."
the principal AIR ATTACK
No mention is made of foreign cre- ditors' rights.
Agreement 4, Art. I, gives the com-
enterprises. (aeroplane manufacture
INCREASING
LONDON, TO-DAY. THE MINISTER OF HEALTH HAS
CIRCULAR TO LOCAL operated in China by the Japanese AUTHORITIES IN WHICH HE SAYS
TACKS MUST BE REGARDED AS
EIGHT MORE "SELL-OUT" agreements purporting pany a "monopoly of China's aviation to have been signed by Wang and his puppets included. But special provisions shall and the Japanese have been revealed through be made regarding the air services SENT A Central News by Kao Tsung-wu and Tao Hsi-Aviation Corporation and the Man- THAT THE DANGER OF AIR AT- sheng. Formerly close friends of Wang, Kao and Tao recently sprang into prominence when, on January 22, they released the text of another secret agreement which Wang Ching-wei inef- fectively tried to refute.
churia Aviation Corporation."
No mention is made of the Ameri- MORE SERIOUS DURING THE National Aviation | USUAL SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AT can-backed China Corporation or the German-backed | EASTER THAN WAS THE CASE Eurasia Air Corporation.
Art. H of this same agreement pro- The local authorities are told by the vides that "the Japanese Army and Board of Education that it is, inad- Navy shall provide the company with visable for `children to return to the
LAST CHRISTMAS.
personnel and materials, lend the use evacuated areas for the holidays; the
of aerodromes and extend other as-
TELE-COMMUNICATIONS
The eight agreements now released were, according
to Kao and Tao, concluded between Liang Hung-sistance necessary for operation." chih, the puppet government's "President of the Executive Yuan" and other puppets and the Ja- panese, and were sent by the latter to Wang Ching-wei, who duly approved" them.
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Under Art. VI of Agreement 5, "The shall not ap- prove of any new tele-communication
Board suggests, therefore, that teach- erg should take their holidays în rotation-Reuter.
NAZI AIR
Reformed Government enterprises apart from those under- after the inauguration of the Corpora- VIOLATIONS
taken by the Corporation and shall,
tion, take necessary steps to bring all
than those owned by the Government under the control of the Corporation by incorporation, purchase or other means."
Under Art. 3 of Agreement 8, "the Government shall first consult the local Japanese authorities in an effort, to reach an equitable settlement of mat- ters concerning the bankruptcy dissolution of the Company."
or
The full text of these agreements is ing, railways, aviation, telegraphs, I enterprises of a similar nature other revealed by Kao and Tao, and present | telephones, water and electric sup- an amazing picture of the monopoly-plies, and municipal reconstruction." controlled China that the Japanese In the words of Central News, "the methods to be employed for control are trying to establish...
Under the agreement, the puppet and development are not only mono- companies, controlled, of course, by polistic but also anti-foreign, not only the Japanese, will have a monopoly of fraudulent but also rapacious, not only "all national defence resources, min- economic but also military in nature."
"FACTS ACCOMPLISHED" Central News continues that the agreements are apparently what the Japanese referred to in the Wang Ching-wei/Japan secret agreement as 'facts, accomplished' and form the concrete programmes for 'establishing a zone of strongest Sino-Japanese economic solidarity in the lower Yang- tze River' as mentioned in the same secret document."
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THE BELGIAN AMBASSADOR IN
BERLIN HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED · TO MAKE AN ENERGETIC PRO- TEST AGAINST THE FLIGHT OF GERMAN PLANES OVER BELGIAN TERRITORY YESTERDAY.
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK BY EXPLOSION
Two foreign planes are reported to have flown over Liege at midday and were fired on by anti-aircraft bat- teries and pursued by fighters. -Art. 4:—"When, because of public
Two hours later more planes flew or military necessity, the Govern-over Liege and were fired at-Reu- ment has to issue decrees, it shall ter.. do so only by first consulting the local Japanese authorities for a mutual decision. The Government shall redeem the Company on what- ever losses caused by the decrees. Art. 5: "The local Japanese au- The new documents released by Kao thorities may request the Government and Tao are headed as follows:
to issue the aforesaid decrees and may, 1. Fundamental points concerning in case of emergency, issue the neces
Instructions to the Company the administration and exploitation of Bary the important national defence min- direct, while notifying the Government eral resources in Central China, Sign-at the same time." ed, November 30, 1938.
2. Fundamental points concerning the establishment of the Central China Iron Mining Co., Ltd. Signed; August 27, 1938.
3. Fundamental points concerning 'the establishment of the Central China Railway Co., Ltd. (No date or signa- tures).
4. Fundamental points for the es- tablishment of the Central China Aviation Corp., Ltd. Signed, Decem- ber 10, 1938.
5. Fundamental points for the es- tablishment of the Central China Tele- communications Corp., Ltd. Signed, August 8, 1938,
6. Fundamental points for the es tablishment of the Central China Wa- ter and Electric Co., Ltd. Signed, Au- gust 9, 1938.
7. Fundamental points for the es- tablishment of the Shanghai Perma- nent Property Co., Ltd. (provisional name). Signed, September 7, 1938,
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8. Articles of agreement concerning the direction and supervision of the Joint Sino-Japanese Company under the Central China Development Com~ pany's investment. Signed, December 15, 1938, by Harada, director of the Japanese Army's Special Service; Nomura, director of the Japanese Navy's Special Service; Godo, acting Japanese Consul-General, Shanghai; Liang Hung-chi, president of Executive Yuan, Chen Chuan, Minister of Inter- for Jen Yuan-tao, Minister of Paci- fication; Wang Tse-hui, Minister Industry, and Chiang Hung-chi, Min- ister of Communications.
- GENERAL TENOUR Space precludes the givin entire text of each agree two extracts, however, she ficient to, show the gen
For instance
18-covering the railways,
"with the ex¢
of
of the One or
take
company, the Government sha necessary actions of refuse recognition.
London, To-day.
The crew of the British steamer
Gardenia (3,745 tons) were landed on the East Coast yesterday from a trawler which rescued them after the Gardenia had sunk following an ex- plosion-Reuter.
Decent of them to let their puppets an agreement "shall be deemed cor....
rect."* know!
So much for agreements im It is noteworthy that, "in case of China by a Government purporting to any dispute, the Japanese version" of represent China.
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