The Archive · 1938

Diplomat Suggests Divided China

Two Governments Needed, He Says at End of Tour Tokyo, Mar. 14.

Separate regimes for north and central China are necessary owing to the difference in the character of the people in the two regions, Mr.

bubumi Itoh, former Japanese Minister to Poland, told newspaper men here to-day on his return irom an extended trip through China.

There is a wide difference in the attitudes of the people of north and central China toward Japan, he said "Frankly speaking," Mr. Itoh explained, "not a few Chinese in Shanghai harbour hostility toward Japan, with the result that it's not Safe for Japanese to visit the outlying districts of the International Settlement."

An entirely different picture was presented in North China, he stated. There many Chinese are welcoming ihe Japanese, he declared.

Japanese residents in Peiping numbered 2,000 before the hostilities, but now have increased to 19,000, Lo pointed out.—Domei.

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