Mr. Ssu Shi-wen, general secretary of the newly formed Greater Shanghai Municipal Government who is now on his way back to Shanghai from a business trip to Tokyo with some other Chinese officials has been definitely appointed as Mayor of Hankow, according to Chinese evening reports, The former mayor of the defunct Ta Tao city government in Pootung is to arrive here today to hand over his portfolio before going to Hankow, it is stated Colonel Hu Cheng-koo, former chief of the police corps of the Pootung regime, who was dismissed and detained by the Japanese some months ago on suspicion that he had tried to ce-operate with guerillas in an uprising on the peninsula, is said to be still detained in Hongkew. He will soon be released through good offices made by Mr. Ssu who is his schoolmate and will also go to Hankow to start his official career anew there, according to the reports.
Three other important Chinese officials returned here on Monday from Japan where a conference aiming at securing close ce-operation between China, Japan and Manchoukuo has just been concluded. Mr. Wang Tze-hui, Minister of Industries of the "Reformed Government" is one of Rome, Dec. 6.
Hundreds of students marched towards the French Embassy today shouting "Tunis, Tunis."
All approaches to the Embassy were strongly guarded.
En route, the students assembled outside the Palazzo Venezia and acclaimed Signor Mussolini, who did not appear.
The demonstration continued outside the offices of the Fascist Party, where the Federal Secretary of the Party addressed the students. He is reported to have told them that they had done well to show their sentiments.
Further press attacks against France appeared yesterday. Certain French newspapers are banned from admission to Italy.
it is the subject of comment here that no Italian newspaper has hitherto mentioned the second visit of Lord Perth, the British Ambassador, to Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, on Saturday, when he discussed the Tunis manifestations.
Signor Virginia Gayda, writing in the "Giornale d'Italia," declares that the pre-ordained and organized events in Corsica and Tunis "against Italy" must be stressed as a fateful sign of French responsibility. They. cannot, declares Signor Gayda, make Italy abandon her policy of inflexibly safeguarding her interests and aspirations,—Reuter.
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