Berlin, Feb. 11 In refuting rumours about Germany in a statement to foreign journalists assembled at the Propaganda Ministry to-day, Herr Berndt, Dr, Goebbels' deputy, denied there had been encounters between the Black Guards and troops or that the barracks had been occupied by The Conference, which will open to-morrow to discuss a boycott of Japan and means to aid China, has received many other cables of sympathy with its purpose from all over the world, Mr. Henry L, Stimson, former American Secretary of State, sent a message urging an "unofficial sever ance of commercial relations. with Japan."
A lengthy cable from Mr. T. V. Soong, former Chinese Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of China, urges collective action against the aggressor, General Chiang Kai-shek cabled the Conference declaring that "Japan is destroying law, order and civilization and is leading the world back 10 barbarism. The Chinese," he said, "will defend themselves to the last man and the last inch of territory, "The summoning of the conference io'devise a means of curbing the madness and cruelty of the Japanese militarists," the Generalissimo's cable sajd, "has given the Chinese new strength to combat their onslaught, and new hopes for the final vindication of China's rights."
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