Peace-advocating leaflets were again dropped into Shanghai's main thoroughfare, Nanking Road, at noon yesterday from the Sun Sun Roof Garden by some unknown persons believed inspired by the Japanese. They were yellowish red in colour bearing the picture of Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese Ambassador to Washington, and alleging that the envoy recently gave an interview at the Foreign Affairs Club in New York advocating peace. Dr. Hu's statement is state to have created a sensation.
Dr. Hu is quoted as saying that since there is no other way of obtaining arms from foreign countries excepting through Indo-China after the Chinese have shifted their base of operations to Chungking there no hope for China to fight the Japanese for a long period.
The Chinese scholar-ambassador is further quoted as saying that the only way out for China is to start peaceful negotiations with Japan as an emergency measure otherwise China is absolutely unable to suppress Japan it she is deprived of military, diplomatic and economic help from foreign countries.
The leaflet concludes by saying that Dr. Hu's statement has not only shocked the Kuomintang but also foreign countries since it was made after Mr. Wang Ching-wei had made public his peace proposal.
Only last week leaflets alleging that Dr. Hu had sent a telegram to Chungking supporting Mr. Wangs peace movement were dropped over foreign settlements here from Japanese "planes. The Chinese Embassy in Washington categorically denied the contents of the telegram.
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