There may be some significance in the fact that, as the Japanese forces are pursuing their drive on Hankow, a movement should have been commenced in Peiping for the purpose of [persuading the Chinese Government to make [peace with Japan. In a manifesto which has been published the sponsors of the movement large Chinese intellectuals to exert joint efforts {to persuade Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek {0 resign "thus leading to a cessation of hostili-les." It is the habit of certain section of the (Chinese, more particularly in the north where they come mor under the suasion of the JJapanese, to adopt the Tokyo slogan that these hostilities do not constitute a campaign against the Chinese. but against communism: and the personality of the Generalissimo, completely.
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