Thousands Greet Capture of Fang Chih-min Nanchang, Feb, 7.
Fang Chih-min, the notorious Com: munist leader who was captured recently and. is" awaiting trial, was paraded through the streets here this morning in a bamboo cage. The populace celebrated Fang's capture at '2 Mass meeting. The caged captive was placed on a platform in the centre of the town and attracted thousands of residents, Prior to his capture, Fang headed a force of several thousand Communists who terrorised southern Anhui and astern Chekiang. Several days ago, however, he and.a number of his men were captured by Government troops. Reuter.
Sir John replied in the negative, Following this question, which was evidently prompted by the revelations made by the political correspondent of the "Osaka Mainichi" concerning Japan's policy towards China in 1938, the Charhar incident was brought up.
'A member asked the Foreign Sec-telary whether he was able to make statement regarding the causes of invasion 6f Chinese territory by the Japanese and what steps were being taken for the preservation of Britisn commercial interests in that distri, In reply, Sir John referred to the statement "made yesterday by the Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Anthony Eden, {in connection with the matter, He added that, in view of the fact that there were, as far as he was aware, no British interests in the area involved, the second part of the qu tion did not arise—Reuter,
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