Anti-foreign Propagarida Blamed on Communists Weonesoay, June 22, sued a statement explaining the first resolution passed by the For. eign Affairs Commission of that Government, The resolution instruct organs of the Government to avoid "a general feeling modity" towards foreigners and pay special attention that posters are within keeping with thin decision. The statement follows:
Tu an oficial communication to the publicity Department of the Centeal Executive Committee, the Com mittee on Foreign Relations of the Nationalist Governisent, which con.
ts of General Chiang Kai-shek, Dr. CE. Wo, Messrs. Hit Han-ming, Wu Tee-hui, and Li Shek-chen, en: nunciated the. principle that under. lies the foreign policy of the Nation. alist Government and explained the real meaning of the Part "Down with Imperialism, Tt points out that this slogan is not to be wrongfully construed: an expression of the indiscriminate ing hated toward foreign indivi. duals; as it is an undisputed fact that the Tory and Byzantine policy of the Imperialistic powers is not always supported by their respec tive nationals. Such an explanation it may be vocalled, has been time and again made by the Goverament, {that nationals of the various Im. Perialistic governments. thomselven ould be, by now, well aware' of the fact that it isnot the Nation. alist foreign policy to incur enmity of foreign nationals in general, Lately, however, a further com: plication' has threatened to embrolt the Government in serious trouble With various foreign Powers: the Communist Party has seized ey opportunity to embarrass the Nationalist Government in its relations with the Powers, by staging such regretable incidents" as happened in Nanking and Kiukiang, These plots of the Communists have not only tended to convince the foreign governments that the Nationalist Government is anti-foreign, but have also given them an excuse for despatching troops to China, For this reason the' Foreign Affairs Committee has occasion again to remind the Publicity Department as to the true policy of the Government in this regard s0 that all such misunderstanding on the part of the Chinese' public issd-vis their relation with the foreigners may be corrected. The official communication reads as follows:
"This Committee, at its first meeting of the 14th of this month, mindful of the fact that the Gov: ernment's opposition to encroachments upon our country on the part of foreign countries is not to make of individuals of these countries, and because many of our soldiers and citizens have apparently misunderstood this part of our programme, coupled with the wilful Janti-foreign propaganda conducted by the Communists, causing thereby many unprofitable international controversies and ruining the work of the Revolution, has decided to request the Publicity Department of the Central Executive Committee' Jeorrect all such mistaken ideas and of animosity towards inal foreigners as well as to vent the Communists and penalists from taking advantage of the situation to further their own lends. This Committee quests that special care with regard to the posters and other publications issued by the Publicity, Department."
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