count Ishii on Current voe Done to Section of Rumours of War Canton-Hankow Railway Tokyo, June 21.
Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Josep!
This evening the new American Clark' Grew, with his wife and daughter, were given a welcoming banquet by: the Japanese-American society. Prince Tokugawa, Premier fo, and. Viscount Ishii, former ambassador in. Washington, were among those present, Viscount Ishii delivered an ad: Gress of welcome in which he said that the rumour had been allowed spread all over the world that armed conflict between Japan and 'America may, come, While intel gent people in both countries refected' the idea as absurd, the in-[cessant labour of wicked propagandists gradually worked upon the nocent minds of the people.
Such''a convict, of course, possible but only in two extremely Enprobable contingencies. These were, first, if Japan should be Yoolith enough to attempt unduly to interfere in the Western hemis~ phere, then war would be mev Able. But the Japanese Government and people knew their own business fand were firmly determined to train from doing anything other Canton, June. 7 Communist disturbances in South Hunan have wrought havoc with the southern section of the. Cantan-Hankow railway, the revenue of which has decreased from $17,000 a flay. to. $12,000. per day." So many towns: in South" Hunaa' are. threa-{ened or occupied by the Reds that Nery. litre goods. ave ent down Eaton:
"The Hunan Provincial Govern: ment' his monopoliced. the sale of fait, and only @ small quantity of this' "produce is "imported from Kwangtong. As most of the salt from his province was shipped Wid the" Cantoncitankow railway, the it monopoly in Hunan has t great fitecton the receipts of this rail alk ix revived. about the come this railway from" Sha Chow in Kwangtung t9 Chinchow in Hunan, and" when' this und nished section' is completed, Canton will be connected with oth Banke and with cheng is in charge of the construe Chueh Kon
tion work." An oon as he. has ceived proper instructions from the than What eS ec ency was it Tetum Ministry of Railway, south to undertake "the he will the United States should attempt Work, to dominate the Asiatic continent the meantime, the Canton mili tary authorities Weave the feds base prevent Japan from carry-Hunan alone, devoting, attention 0 fon in this part of the worl, then Ing. oat pacific and natural expan-the Communists in Fukien, the situation would be very. grave focal official press say that Kwang:
Bat he was convinced that. tung and "KWwangst troops will concern of the United States in the operate with the 10th Route Army Grient was only the maintenance of fight the Red hordes: in Fukien, Pence and respect for her treaties Genera. Chiang. Kwangenai, com: Therefore, "American intervention, Imander of the 19th Route' Army, ay alluded towns highly improbable ithe is reported to. have arrived S, improbable as Japane Henaongy wil oon go to Amoy to Terence in the Western hemisphere.
Conaata mer of Fukien, up his new post an Pacification
speech, emphasised. that Americ It is learned thi west was in a durable peace, tary authorities ave decided to "While the memory of, the propriate $200,000 every month as aye between 1914 and. 1018 may military expenses for the 19th Route gradually become less acute, the Army. Similar appropriatir Filled into the people of the United nonces of those years have in-made the boat expenses ig army in resisting the Japanese States a. will to said ity, both at Shanghai, Spisit and in fact, the structure of international. peace which neither Definite news concerning the moves Une "nor circometance can ever mone of Red forces in south Fukien change," he concluded.—Reuter, ig'unavailable. Some reports state that the Commonists are retreating towards Kwangtune, "while others say" that "are retiring to their stronghold in' Kiangsis" According to local' military sources, Neds. are not far from the Kwangtung fron. ler where "it. borders "on Fukien, iangsl and Hunan, Tu Ministry of Finance, according to the "Chinn Times", haa decidedt to send, $800,000 of the $900,000 which had "been promised by "the fsbiltation Of Chapel sha the 32 het of the war sufferers fo. the local committee for distribution.
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