"My proposals for peace are in agreement with the statement made by Prince Konoye of Japan. This is because I am still convinced that the enmity towards Japan should be dispelled rather than aggravated. After fighting for 1% years, the power of Japan and the will of the Chinese people have been well demonstrated. Since Japan has already stated that she has no territorial designs upon China and has even extended her hand in quest of ce-operation with joint objectives in view, why cannot China also extend her hand to bring this dispute to end like a quarrel between brothers, who embraced themselves, crying, after a fight?
"Prince Konoyes statement was based upon established Japanese principles, which were put by him into an orderly fashion and fully explained as to points that China en-terrains doubts. For instance, regarding anti-Communism, because China fears that it will interfere with military and domestic affairs, he has explained by taking the Japanese-German-Italian anti-Communist Pact as representing the spirit in which a Sino-Japanese anti-Communist pact could be negotiated.
"As to economic ce-operation, because China feels that the political situation is not yet settled, he explained that Japan undertook to observe Chinese sovereignty and independence and her administrative integrity. He also said that Japan did not intend to monopolize China economically or did she seek to limit the interests of third Powers", Mr. Wang took exception to alleged claims in the territory under the control of Gen. Chiang that Japan was using her entire strength to destroy China, with the three Konoye principles as a screen.
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