Nanking, Sept. 7. The Chinese Government will handle the Chengtu incident—of August 24 with the utmost sincerity. and frankness with the hope that will be settled at the earliest possible date.
Thus declared Gen. Chang Chun, Minister of Foreign Affairs, when reporting on the Szechuen affair the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Service held at the Central Kuomintang Headquarters this morning.
The meeting was attended by more than 1,000 government officials and staff members of the Party Headquarters.
While there has been much speculation regarding the Japanese demands for a satisfactory settlement of the incident, the exact nature of the instructions sent by the Tokyo Foreign Office to Mr. Kawagoe, Japanese Ambassador to China, has not yet been revealed.
Mr. Kawagoe, it is reliably learned fiom diplomatic quarters, will come to Nanking either to-night or to-morrow to open negotiations with the Chinese authorities regarding the 'According to messages received here from Chungking, Me. Wu Tsehhsiang, Inspecting Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Szechuen and Sikong, who recently investigated the incident on the spot, will come to Nanking by plane' to-morrow. Central News.
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