Peking, Nov. 24.
In an interview, granted to Chie here, Hsueh- long pressmen to-day. Marshal declared that petent trip to was threefold: (1)" he, long Kai-shek on the work of the Po branch military council; (2) he lad gone to Hankow to save the Gen-from coming to. Peking time when his. attention. was devoted to the bandit-suppression campaign; and (3) he wished to ai iseuss the financial situation in the North with Mr, 7.
Soong, Minis ter of Finance, signed "to" far acconttng' tt Int [ha had son the deneraliaimo only 'The *Young' Marshal" said. that Minintey" of "'Commesientiots, "i|twice-. iis i to Hareereeee that between the Government of d¢clared, was necessitated by the Macao and the Asia Electric Com-
Itz. T, V. "Soong to attend. to. the hurried departure for Shanghat of of the China Merchants' Steam Ne navigation Ca. He was also inter-aviation. schoo! at" augen ested in inspecting. the government Replying. to. other Officials Pointed out that while the contracts between Macao and the company' cannot be controled extension of the service into: Ghisy he could guarantee that not indulge in any' activity years, and both Canton and Nanking troops are now busily engaged in suppressing the Communists, 'There 44 no Communist. trouble' in the south-west and the Red remnants in Kiangsi ave being enveloped by, the Government force from Canton and Nanking.
"Mr, Matsuoka stated that Sino-foremen relations had not improved, bioming the Kuomintang and. the Government for instilling hatred of foreigners in the minds of youths.
This is, pure nonsense, since the Chinese Government and people are iqndly to all aliens, as: to by foreigners at foreign official no hatred even against the Japanese as individuals, though the boycott of Japanese goods is' but a spontaneous, and popular movement on the art of the masses militarists for their seizure of Me churm in defiance of the will of the Chinese people.
"The boycott is a weapon of self-defence, is directed only against the Japanese invasion of China and has nothing to do with other countries, Japan cannot expect the—Chinese people to buy her goods when Ja-Danese troops have severed Man churia from China."
Refuting Mr. Matsuoka's plea of self-defence concerning the affair at Maken on September 18, 191, the spokesman said that under the same excuse Japanese troops might have over-run the whole of China. With such a.frame of mind on the part of the Japanese Government, he said, was idle for the Japanese delegate to talk about a friendly attitude towards China and "neighbour ly cobetween the two count-
The Tanaka Memorial Nanking, Nov. 26.
In connection: with the question of the genuineness of the Tanaka Memorial, Dr, C. T. Wang, former ister of Foreign Affairs, in an interview, categorically denies the allegation made by Mr. Matsuoka, the "Japanese delegate at Geneva, fat be (Dr. Wang) had "promised, in 1980, to take adequate' steps to try to prevent the subversive effects which would be produced by. the circulation of this forged "docu Dr. Wang said that what actual-happened was this. During hi tenure as Minister "of Foreign Affairs, Mr,. Shigemitsy, the then Japanese Minister, called' his attennounce the removal of the capital back to Nanking.—Reuter.
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