The Archive · 1937

NO RAPPROACHMENT WITH BRITISH Hopei-Charhar Official on

Mr, Kirkpatrick's Visit

Toy the Hopei-Charhar Political Council ly "not wiling to plan repprochebent swith British capital, because the" Counetve policies are' based on {he puncte oF Sloo-lpanese oe.

day' by lending metropolitan news: This ere we created to-papers to. Gen. "Ching Teh-chun, Kenyor of Peiping, who in an inter: view with Japanese newspapermen Eommented on his conversations with ite, W, Int Risepateick, China repee-Eentative of the Blah Export Cre-

The Yunnan'Burma frontier dispute Is now believed to be settled. After completion of their survey, the Chinese and British commission drafted a report Which awards three-fifths of the disputed territory to China and two-fifths to Burma. The Pang-hung, Pangnung and Pangso districts are Included in the Chinese territory.

Because the members of the Commission have reached com~ plete agreement the projected Anal meeting at Nanking has been cancelled, and as soon as the draft report is aproved by the Chinese and British Governments, 8 formal exchange of notes will luncheon in their honour given by their British colleagues who were leaving the following day. cording to the reports, Hopel and Charhar™ authorities not intend to make Sino-Sapan ea-operation conditional on the sett ment of the pending political issues in, North China, The official mitted that the Chinese authorities have as _yot formulated no concrete plans for the settlement of the outstanding political, problems, "The crux of the matter, he is ro-ported to have declared, lies in the preservation of China's territorial and sovereignty. The Chinese authorities, he added, expected On Saturday night the Chairman was entertained at dinner by the Chinese members of the Commission fat Mongah, in Chinese territory. Col, Iselin left for Rangoon on Sunday morning, while the Chinese Commissioners lett Hsawnglong for Kunming, provincial! capital of 'Yun-han, where they expect to arrive at the' end of May—Kuo Min.

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