Dr. C. T. Wang's Formal Complaint of Nikon Dempo Dr. ©. T. Wang, the Foreign Minister, is reported by the vernacular press to, have called the! Japanese Legation's attention to '"baseless rumours" which have been circulated by the Japanese news agency known as "Nihon Dempo."
'De. Wang has sent a formal leticr to Mr, M. Shigemitsu, H. 1. J. 3 Gonsul-General' in Shanghai "and Counsellor to the Japanese Legation, vigorously protesting against the reports issued by this agency on the Chinese political situation.
The National Government, says the Foreign Minister, has on many occasions warned the Nihon Dempo [News Agency, but all these warnings have been futile. So, unless the the news agency in question atops spreading groundless rumours, the National Government will reluctant. ly be compelled to deny it all radio, telegraphic and telephonic privileges.
Mr. Shigemitsu is requested to take up the matter and see that the Nihon Dempo stops spreading false and malicious reports detrimente* to the National Government, To Withhold Facilities Nanking, Deo. 21.
The National Government has decided to withhold telegraph, radio and telephone facilities from the Nippon Dempo News Agency on the ground that the Agency has been conducting subversive pro-Paganda about the situation in China, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is requesting the Charge "Affaires of the Japanese Legation to restrain similar activities on the part of Japanese propagandists Citing the following false reports recently issued by the Nippon Dempo News Agenc}
1. Reporting on December 3 that Dr. C. 'T. Wang was resigning and blaming the National and the Manchurian Provincial Governments for unpreparedness, 2 Reporting on December 9 that President Chiang Kai-shek was plane. fleeing from the capital by aero-
8, Reporting on December 13 that General Yen Hei-shan. was advising President Chiang Kai-shek to tender his resignation, All of these reports were absolutely untrue and were intended to undermine the people's confidence in the National Government.
It may be added that the Nippon /Dempo News Agency, besides cabling news reports to Japan, also supplies service in Chinese to the news-Papers published in the treaty-ports-—Kuo Min,
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