[mas desire fór peace and her determination to preserve the security of her northern provinces are reiterated in a manifesto issued yesterday at the conclusion of the Sixth National Kuomintang Congress, which, among other things, conferred virtually dictatorial powers on General Chiang Kai-shek by electing him as "Tsung Tsai," or General Executive, of the Kuomintang. The statement also expresses the hope that "Japan will abandon her policy of aggression and ce-operate with China for, the establishment of peace on a basis of righteousness and justice."
China's foreign relations, the manifesto declares will be governed by two principles:
l—China will scrupulously respect. all treaties designed for the maintenance of international peace to which she is a party, and wil! unflinchingly Gefend their sanctity and inviolability.
2.—China will seek not only to preserve but further to promote friendly relations subsisting between China and other powers.
The manifesto urges the Chinese People not to entertain false hopes and miraculous happenings, nor ¢ount upon foreign assistance, but to carry on the struggle by dint of their own efforts, After stating that the San Min
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