War Minister and Mr. Wang Ching-wei Very Much, Alive Nanking, Aug. 8.
Japanese press reports of an alleged coup d'etat in Narking, freely circulated in Shanghai, were received in official circles here with much surprise and extreme indignation. The Japanese report alleged that General Ho Ying-chin, Minister of War, had been "d and Mr. Wang Ching-wei, Chairman of the Central Political Council, had been "shot and killed.
General Ho Ying-chin, it was learned, among those present at a luncheon party given at noon to-day' by General Chiang Kai-shek, in honour of the various provincial chairmen and army commanders now gathered here.
Mr, Wang Ching-wei, who was alleged by the Japanese reports to have been killed, was very much alive, and was also one of those present at the luncheon—Central News.
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