The Communist spokesman thereupon translated the latest party manifesto which will be published shortly. The manifesto appeals to the Chinese nation to make the necessary sacrifices in order to strengthen national resistance and to create a united China. Inquiries at the ofüces of the leading Chinese newspapers here revealed the fact that by order of the government the manifesto had not been admitted for Publication as the Kuomintang was anxious to prevent any intensified Communist propaganda, The official spokesman of the Communist party denied that the fluence of the Communist party wi increasing. He added that if China desired to adopt a Communist regime she would not hesitate to admit it since every country was entitled to choose its own form of government. China had, however, no intention of exchanging the principles enunciated by the founder of the Chinese republic, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, for the doctrines of Moscow, because China had come to recognize ihat Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's teaching alone can bring salvation to China. gesture Towards Moscow"
In reply to the question whether the forthcoming reconstitution of the Chinese government might result in placing certain Communist leaders in leading positions as a friendly gesture towards Moscow, the Foreign Office spokesman declared that this was not intended.
The spokesman admitted i that na cultivated friendly relations with Moscow in the belief that help could be more easily obtained from Soviet Russia, who herself was menaced by Japan, than elsewhere. China needed help and the great Western powers were unwilling to give it, The Soviet Union alone had the courage to prove her friendship to Chi China grateful for every assistance and the nation that first stretched out the hand of friendship would have great advantages in China in future.—Trans-
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