Claiming that the Chinese authorities in North China, unlike the Manchurian authorities, did not believe in a policy of non-resistance and that is why Japan's intentions in North China have been checked, the "Sin Wen Pao," the local influential morning newspaper gives an interesting Chinese view of the situation.
The ambitions and aggressive designs of the Japanese Army. states the "Sin Wen Pao," were fully revealed to the world in the so-called Tanaka Memorial The goals set in this memorial were first the Northeastern Provinces, then North China and finally Central and South China. With the "Northeastern Provinces safely in their hands, the aggressors have now turned their forces of invasión to North China.
As the first step in their aggression on North China the Japanese instigated the establishment of the East Hopei Autonomous Government. This they have sought to enlarge so as to include Hopei and Charhar provinces during the second stage of their encroachment and, at the same time, they have set up a clamour for a "special dispensation in North China" as to camouflage the annexation of this region.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.