That the Japanese officials generally are Ienient (0 legitimate foreign cor respondents is beyond question but this does not diminish the fact that they are almost completely at a loss to know where they stand.
—Domel.
Tokyo, Mar, 25.
"phere wilt be no war while Tam Premier," Mr. Wirota said.
He expressed gratification that_hi "intimate friend," M, "Molto, (Pre-
As for the Japanese press their freedom of speech has not been curbed with the exception of criticisms aimed at the army. Even in this case, the only vernacular paper that has been warned or suppressed for criticizing sident of the Councit of People's Commissars at Moscow) People'; the Army so far as your correspondent has been able to discover, is the that his acceptance of the Premiership afforded an exceptional oppor "Miyako." The day previous to the Ship forded {Ween Russie an Japan. He wished Paper boldly desired that the Army an oppor") formation of the Tirota Cabinet, this Int "Moltov's "senti- should stick to defending the nation and not interfere in polities. It was suppressed for this.
Re-shuttle in Ministries The day after Mr. Hirota formed his Tokyo, Mar. 25. cabinet, the "Miyako opened its Re-shuffling of the parliamentary leader wills the following words: under-secretaries and assistant seer "We refrain from attempting any criticism of the manner in which the farles of all ministries will be und taxon by the Premier, Mr. K, Hirota, cabinet was formed, Tt would be near-soon as he has, compleled. the e the truth to say that we cannot do formation of the Cabinet Itself by $0 That freedom has been wrested Installing Mr. 1 Arita, Ambassador {fom our hand:
Front Oun Own Commsrontest The Very Rev. Miklos Szarvas who on January 29, 1936, was ap-Dairen, Mar. 20. pointed Prefect Apostolic and head of 'The Communist threat 'Shansi faces the now independent Hungarian to-day is receiving lively editorial mission, will be formally introduced comment here, {info his new office at 2 ceremony 10 *Manshu Nichi Nichi' declares. that be held at Tamingfa Mission on Sun-ithe peace of North China is being day. The Very Rev. Miklos Szarvas challenged, therefore "Jabin must first came fo China in 1922. He was|be fully prepared to meet whatever the first Hungarian Jesuit. missionary Jdevelopments arise" there on that to visit this land. account. The Communist advance, it He was born in 1890 in Sukord, declares, is "a grave problem which Hungary, where his father was Japan must not overlook." "From the school teacher and organist. Educated viewpoint of the maintenance of at the Archlepiscopal Jesuit gymnas- Peace in. Manchoukuo which adjoins fom of Kalocsa, he entered the Jesuit "orth "Chinae" "the editorial cone order in 1906.'His novitiate years tioues, "Japan sees the urgent need were spent in Nagyszombat and, after sor the institution of some effective Tnishing his middle school course, he measures to deal with the Reds ad+ was sent to Innsbruck for theological vancing eon' the Shansi capital." studies. There in 1920 he was ordain-Marsha} Chang Hsiao-lisng, some-fed. His third trial year—as prescribed i, ney referred 1o as the Kwantung the Jesuit order following com- Army's Public Enemy No, 1 In China, pletion of the theotogial courses was [A7™7's Public Remy NO fu ard up his sleeve, Hig "utter, indifference 10 the Shans situation," the paper says, "leads us to think that the fausted Mukden Warlord hopes that the Communists will occupy Stans! land Suiyuan and destroy Gen. Yen HHsi-shan's. dictatorship over these two provinces.
"Anti-Japanese Resistance "In_other words, it appears, that the Marshal is seeking a chance! to replace Gen, Yen and thereby to resume his anti japanese resistance. We have no evidence of the existence of the reported agreement between the Marshal and the Communist invaders, but it can hard-be denied that he has such sinister Intentions."
The "Shinyo Nicht Nichi" of Hsinking would have the world believe the Communists are now vindicating the Japanese contention that the autonomy activities in North China were self-inspired.
"The Crisis, in North China' had ishop Aflklos Szarvas been for some time the vociferous outcry in Central China, raised chiefly by those who thought that ——|tere was Japanese machination in Jconneetion with the autonomy move-spent in Tronchlene, Belgium, whence ment inthe northern part of the he Was ordered to the China mission Republic," the paper declares. "The 1922.
Nanking authorities encouraged the China he was dust stationed in idea for the purpose of turning public Shanghai. In 1024 he was transferred attention in China from the grave, North China as Superior of the economic diffeulties confronting. the Sientsien mission, In recognition of country to foreign offers. his services he was made Episcopal "Now, North China is actually Deputy Vicer in the southern part of face to face with a great crisis, 'This the Sienbsien mission, in the present crisis, did not come from any Japan-'Temingtu mission, in 1931, and at the Jose machination, but has been brought same time was' appointed Mission about by the penetration into Shansi Head of all Jesuit missionaries in that Province of the Communist troops district, which have been rampant in the The Tamingta mission was pro-northern section of Shans! Provinces. claimed self-governing by the Holy Such being the case, the authorities See in a Papal edict dated March 11,/of the Nanking Government and 1935, ud separated from the French Leaders of the Kuomintang in Jesuit mission and placed solely under longer be able to deny the foresight the charge of the Hungarian Jesuits. fof the North China leaders in urging the necessity for a united front of all Large Area Covered 1 against the spread There will be 21 Jesuits in the new prefecture under the spiritual leadership of the Very Rev. Miklos Szarvas, Missionaries Return eight members of the Chinese secular Two Jehol missionaries, Miss Anna clergy and 37,000 followers. The total rischer, of German ancestry, and population of the area covered by the Miss Harriet F. Minns, an American, Intson is about 200000, At the same Jarrved "here his "week "back from
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