"Nippo" Regretful Over Press Control Measures Commenting on the Chinese press ban on the Italo-Ethiopian dispute and the case of "Mr. X," the Shanghai "Nippo" on Saturday declared that the move ill agreed with Kuomintang's protestations on the freedom lof the press and the provisions of the Organic Law. The paper expressed deep regret over the strict Control exercised by the Nanking Government over the press.
The editorial ban on the African dispute, the "Nippo" said, was motivated by the Nanking Govern ment's gratitude for the elevation of the Talian Legation in this country fo the status of an Embassy. The friendship between Gen, Chiang Kalshek and Signor Mussolini, "which found expression in the gift of a three-motored aeroplane to Gen. Chiang by the Italian statesman, also had contributed to the enforcement the ban.
'Emphasizing the freedom which the Japanese papers had in commenting fon' the Italo-Abyssinian controversy, the "Nippo" said that a lack of editorial comment on the issue in the Chinese press was not necessarily an indication of true friendship.
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