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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 16, 1940.
CHINA PEACE TALK NONSENSE
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Chungking, To-day. “UTTER NONSENSE" WAS the comment of the official Chinese spokesman when queried by Havas regarding peace rumours being circulated in Shanghai. The spokesman emphasised China remains fully determin- ed to fight until the last Japanese soldier leaves Chin- ese soil.
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Chungking, To-day. China's foreign policy re- mains unchanged despite the
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Well-informed circles generally ridicule the rumour,pointing that the Chinese forces have just scored an important success on the Hupeh-Honan border and that every- has where the Japanese advance been stopped..
Therefore, they fail to see why Free China should in any way be Inclined to make peace with Japan. It is humourously noted that each time the Japanese armies suffer reverse their spokesman spreads rumour China is prepared to peace. Havas...
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Minister, declared over the radio last evening.
He added: "We are resisting Japan- ese aggression vigorously until the Ja- panese militarists make atonement for upsetting peace and order in this con- tinent. We will not lay down our arms no matter how long we have to con- tinue to fight..
"Over a year ago, we pointed out
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possessions of foreign Powers. ·
"To-day the Japanese make it un- mistakably clear, through their the statements, that they covet
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Chungking, To-day. According to the latest Chinese field despatches the rout of the Japanese army which was trapped by
Chinese superior forces north-west of Han- kow is now almost com-
Dutch East Indies and thus increas-plete.
-ing the danger of the Philippines and the Straite Settlements and Indo-
China.
"We cannot but feel concerned over any Japanese action in the Nether- lands Indies since the Chinese, who are contributing their share to the economic development of these areas, number over 1,000,000 and have heavy investments there."--Havas.
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Some 20,000 men are still encircled near Tsaoyang and are making des- perate, but so far vain efforts to fight their way through the Chinese cordon, while two fresh Japanese brigades advancing from the south are trying to relieve them.
The remainder of the Japanese force is stated to have fallen back in disorder towards the south-east. after suffering heavy losses.
The Chinese, High, Command states the Japanese base at Changtaikwan was captured yesterday.-Reuter
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London, To-day. · On Tuesday, the British Co-Opera- tive movement rejected a "Stop the War" resolution by a majority of over 10 to 1-Reuter.
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