Tokyo, Sept. 25.
Mr. Hsu Shiheying, the Chinese Ambassador, to-day' Was told by Mr. Hechiro Arita, "Japanese Foreign Minister, that the continued failure of Gen." Chiang Kai-shek to return to Nanking was regarded in offlciat Japanese circles as a deliberate atempl. to evade the responsibility he should assume in his eapaelty as head of the Executive Yuan. Mr. Arita also is reliably reported to have d clared that the Foreign Ofiee was ready to deal with "a most unfortunate situation" which would arise should the Generalissimo continue to remain. in Canton and refuse 10 replace Gen. Chang Chun in. the negotiations with Mr, Kawagoe.
Interviewed by a group of representatives of the majority Minseito Party, Mr. Arita said the failure to reach' a settlement of "the—Tatest Shanghai" ime dent would vitally infect the course of the negotiations fon the readjustment of SinowJapanese relations. The recurrent ads of anti-Japanese terrorism in "China Should not be regarded as. isolated ceases, and the source of evil must be eradicated before the relations between the two countries can be satisfactorily. adjusted.
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