Canton, June 24, Five demands, comprising the. minimum conditions upon which. Kwangtung and Kwangsi will send delegates to the C. E. C, meeting in Nanking on July 10 are to be tele graphed to the Central Government fon Friday, a high official of the' 'Southwest' Political Council told the United Press correspondent to-day. These demands are:—
1—That the Nanking Government Immediately sever diplomatic relations with Japan and Jead "the nation's Brmed resistance against the invader, "Tat all secret treaties with the Japanese, including the Shanghai and Tangiew truces and the Ho Ying-ching and Umetzu agreement, be abrogated "2—That the people's rights of freedom of speech and press be restored, Gnd. all movements for Uke salvation of the nation be permitted.
"That. the Nanking Government] use armed force to resist the legal Ynerease of the Japanese garrison In North China, 'S—That the whole nation be moilized {0 resist Japan.
It was made clear that Kwangtung and Kwangsi provinces will send delegates to the C. E. C, meeting only the Nanking Government consents to place the foregoing demands on the agenda of the plenary session, If any one of the demands are rejected by the C. B.C, the Southwestern provinces will withdraw from. the meeting and take the national leadership into their own hands. Thereafter, the Southwest would recognize only'Canton as the seat of national government, and Kwangtung and Kwangsi would proceed to carry out their programme with the ald of, armed force—United Press.
Kwongs! Warlord's Defiance Reports that Nanking's troops are moving southward are branded 9s 1 pure. fabrication, Tt is stated that Government soldiers have advangtd beyond Hengchow, 95 miles from the Kwangsi border. Nanking, itis stated, is making every effort lo solve the present crisis peaceably, but it may be forced to resort 10 drastic action if the Southwestern leaders do not cease their independent activities.—Reuter.
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