The first editorial advocacy approximating the suggestion to refognise regional" governments, hina han Jost been put forward by ws-ithe "Yamato," a Tokyo nation daily which is closely connected with the War Office. This paper sug: fests that both the. Peking and Nanking "governments" be recogniz-fed "as legitimate representatives of the Chinese". The "Yamato" admits that this is only a makeshift policy, Dut insists thet, at present, there is better one to fol The paper urges Chiang Kai-shek, to accept the post of supreme eommander, and urges him to pacify the clements south of the Yangtze and Teatore order, instead of cecaslersy waging futile warfare. It declares that the Diplomatic Body in Peking considering active into (basing this statement on a cable it claims to have received fom Peking) being of the opinion that only through foreign intervention could peace be imposed on China and lurges. the Chinese "to make haste and avoid this dangerous predicament," while it counsels the Japanese Government to recognize regional governments, beginning first by extending equal recognition to. the governments functioning at both Peking and Nanking.
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