Prepared to Serve Only in Advisory Capacity Peiping, July 10, Mr. Wang Keh-min, formerly acting Chairman of the Peiping Political Affairs Readjustment Committee, indicated to-day that he was not prepared to, accept any post with the Hopel and Chathar Political Council. "Tt had been reported that Gen eral Sung Cheh-yuan, Chairman of the Council, had offered him. the chairmanship of the Economic Affairs Commission, but Mr. Wang now declares that' his health permits him to serve only in an advisory capacity.
Commenting on reports that local Japanese officials had been instructed give him absolute support, Mr, Wang said that this was unnecessary, as he had arrived in North China without detnite proposals or policy, So far as the economic development of North China was neither China nor Japan ts|definite proposals, but he. thought fat, provided any plans for sch development were mutually benefllal, they should be carried out, Mr. Wang added that, "while in Shanghai, he sw Mr, Kawagoe, the new Japanese Ambassador to China, and he felt that China and Japan should get closer together, owing to political complications, " Economic ce-operation was the best first ste that could be taken towards the read Sustment of relations.
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