As regard the abrogation of the unequal treaties, the most proper: and effective procedure is for the Nationalist Government immediatel to open negotiations ard demand the conclusion of new treaties with 1 period of one year upon the basis of equality and mutual respect. Should the Powers reject our preposal or should the new treaties no be concluded within the stated period, the Government should declare that such countries would be: regarded as non-treaty countries and be treated as such. "As to those treaties which have already expired, their abrogation is a matter, of course. But if the countries [concerned should raise any objection, we should adopt decisive measures ourselves to carty out our object.
In order to make known our policies and ae! it is surrested.tha be taken ty mintang leaders and the Genro, seems to have resulted in a defeat for the latter at the opening meeting of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Kuomintang at Nanking.
Mr, Chang Ching-kiang, leader of the Genro, Chairman of the Reconstruction Commission and undoubtedly within the past few months the dominant personality in Nanking, unexpectedly and hurriedly left for Shanghai and arrived here on August "9, With him came Mr. Li Sih-tseng recently returned" from France, the leader of the Franco-Japanese Returned Student group in Nanking. Immediate ly upon their arrival, they went, to the residence of Mr! Wu Tsze-hui for conference. Mr. Wa is the philosopher of the Kuomintang and is largely due to his influence that the present Nanking Government has been able to stand at all, But in Kuomintang and even other he is now regard-fed as being responsible for much fof the confusion which now exists.
The Branch Council The quarrel arose over the ques-the present there are theoretically four branch political councils, at Canton, Hankow, Kaifeng and Taiyuan, The latter two do not matter; the former two are practically independent Governments, General Chiang Kai-shek opposes the branch politic al councils, because they involve the at least four and possibly five Governments. The Left Wing of the Kuomintang support the opposition to the branch political councils and. they came to Nanking only for the purpose of smashing them, because thes insist upon unity of control in the Kuomintang.
All the civilians. are opposed to the branch political councils. To a man like Mr. T. V. Soong, their existence can only mean the "fix ancial independence" of such areas as they control and as he stated in his report to the Fifth Plefary Session, he has been Minister Finance of only two and one-half provinces, largely because these feouncils kept the other provinces away from the central authority in Nanking.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.