The Archive · 1933

Utter Chaos in Sinkiang

Dr, Lo Wen-kan Returns to Nanking Nanking, Nov. 11. ectalls of the report which he. was Although he declined to dispose Submitting to the Government concerning the situation la Sinkiang, Dr. Lo Wenckan, Minister of tice, who returned to the capital this, morsing after having been away since August, expressed himself as that province, "He emphasised that the liquidation of local military upheavals was 'a prerequisite to the development of Sinkiang and. professed. grave anxiety as to the future if the pute between Generals Sheng Shih-cai and' 3fa Ching-yin were not terminated, to the "utter financial 5 province, Dr, Lo mentioned that, asthe resuit of, in ation on the part of the Sinkian authorities, one Chinese dollar ce exchanged for a roll of notes weighing seventy ounces.

He stated that the agreement which the ex-Governor, Gen, Ching Shu-jen, had coneladed with the Soviet' Union. without consulting Nanking could naturally not be con-Sidered effective. During his mectug with Dr. W. W. Yen, he added, Chinese Ambassador to Russia not indicate any intention of resigning.

Among those who greeted Dr. Lo at Pukow station were 2 group of local Chinese circles following the of Major-General N, Okamtrs, Assistant Chief Staif Officer of ths Japanese Kwantung garrison, to! Peking recently, the Military' At-ache to the Japanese legation here issued a statement to-day explaining! the purpose of the visit. He stated that' Major-General Okamura, since his arrival here on Monday last, has made the necessary arrangement' with "the Chinese authorities with vogard to the bandit suppression jeampaign by a Chinese police force! in the domilitarised zone and tne taking-over of Shanhaikuan by the! Chinese. An agreement was reach Jed yesterday between the Japanese fand' the Chinese in this connection. [United Press.

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