The "Asahi Shimbun" said that the termination of the China Affair might be sought along the lines of the Konoye statement in order that the new Chinese Government might be an independent one and not a puppet government.
The "Asahi" said that the Chungking Government "dreads" the establishment of the new "Central Govérnment" under Mr. Wang Ching-wei, ousted member of the Kuomintang. The Chungking Government would like to see the proposed new Government degenerate into a puppet, as that would give them a plausible pretext for keeping up their resistance against Japan, The journal said.
The "Miyako Shimbun" demanded that the Government reveal whether the principles of the Konoye statement had been amplified by the Government decision to accept the terms of the Wang Ching-wei, representatives now in Tokyo.
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