Rumour has been busy these past few days asserting that Dr. C. T. Wang is endeavouring to open negotiations once more between. North and South. Were there anything to be gained by these negotiations, he is certainly in a very favourable position to help them forward, but his friends state that. Dr. Wang is too well versed in the situation to attempt any such thankless job. Since the last effort to open a conference, events have: shown more and more clearly that any patching up of peace would be merely a military peace, an arrangement between the chiefs of the North and South. It might be of some benefit to the country at large, but it would not take the people-one step forward towards the goal of democracy. As it is a militarist matter pure and simple, the people: can have only one settlement to their liking, to get rid of the whole-lot, and this no peace conference will do.
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