Continuing their daily attacks on communication lines along the Chekiang-Kiangsi Railway in Central China, Japanese naval planes on Monday raided Yushan, Kweiki, Kiangshan and Tungsiang, the headquarters of the Japanese China Seas Fleet announced in a communique issued yesterday afternoon.
Overcoming Chinese resistance in the vicinity of Yushan and Kwelki in "Civil Conscription"
For Japanese Tokyo, Apr. 12.
Compulsory service of civil officials in China and Mongolia, "to strengthen and expedite the continental development". will be inaugurated shortly by the Government, according to the press, When the Ministries are obliged to send officials to branches of the "China affairs board" or "other agencies on the continent," the excuses of candidates such as pleas regarding family circumstances, will be disregarded unless fully justified, it continues. Upon expiration, however, of two years of "civil conscription" service, it adds, officials sent to China wil! be guaranteed reinstatement in their original positions in Japan, without loss of seniority or other advantages.—Reuter.
Chungking, Apr. 12.
The charge that many alleged passages from minutes of secret meetings of the National Defence Council, made public in a recent statement by Mr. Wang Ching-wei, deposed President of the Executive Yuan, did not appear in the official records and were pure inventions, was made today by Mr. Wu Tze-hui, the celebrated Chinese "elder statesman," in an open letter to Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wu dealt at length with the peace overtures made through the; ormer German Ambassador to China, Dr. Trautmann, and declared that many of the "revelations" made by Wang Ching-wei were false, In referring to the peace negotiations, he declared, Mr. Wang had tried to disguise the fact that Japan had asked Germany to talk peace with China. Mr. Wu's letter said:—You alleged that when Dr. Trautmann called on the Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr, Wang Chung-hui, he said that when the German Ambassador in Tokyo saw the Japanese Foreign Minister and the Japanese Minister of War, he asked them if Japan wanted to liquidate the present situation, and, if so, under what conditions.
"Such a passage never appeared in the official records, This is your attempt to disguise the fact that apan had asked Germany to tali peace.
"The passage that details the anti-Japanese question also never appeared in the official records.
"Your remarks concerning the statements by General Tang Song-chi, General Pai Chung-hsi, Vice-M|inister Hsu Mo and General Ku Chu-tung could not be found in the official records, "You quoted Dr. Trautmann as declaring: "China, in her resistance against Japan, has amply demonstrated her spirit of resistance. This is the time for the termination of hostilities, In the Great War, there were several good opportunities for peace, but Germany, confident of her own strength, refused peace until, at Versailles, she was compelled to accept any terms dictated by others. I believe that the Japanese terms are not impossible of acceptance." This passage also never appeared in the official records,
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