Peiping, Aug. 4, In my opinion, all." diplomatic affairs in North China should be dealt with directly by the Ministry of Fo: coign Affairs, and it is not right to have them Handled by the local thorities. I have already asked the Japanese authorities to refer all future Sino-Japanese diplomatic issues to the Waichiaopu in Nanking, instead taking them up with Chinese offeials here," declared Gen, Sung Cheh-yuan, Chairman of the Hopel and Chathar Political Council, when interviewed prior to his departure for Paoting Gen. Sung admitted that Sino-Japanese negotiations in North China had been suspended, because he thought that the nation's diplomatic dealings should be centralized under the Central Government, "It is true that China, is a weak nation," he continued, "'but there Is no reason why we should give away our territotlal and sovereign rights simply because our country is weak. We cannot depend on others in the task of national. sal vation. We must shoulder this heavy responsibility ourselves, 1 shall 10 my best to preserve the territorial and administrative integrity of the country, and Tmean "to keep He expressed the hope that, the Central Government would work on: 8 definite national policy, so that the country could have something by steer its course—Central ews,
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