Generalissimo Cables to London Conference: Hankow Reports China Strongly in Favour London, Feb. 11.
CABLE was received to-day from Madame Sun Yat-sen from Hongkong, by the organizers of the International Peace Campaign, regretting that her duties in connection with the present crisis would prevent her from attending the International Conference in London, on Sunday, as she had intended. Madame Sun urgently appealed to the Conference "to use the great opportunity of the present gathering of peace forces of the world to exert action against aggression."
Dr, Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador to France and Jeading Chinese delegate to the League of Nations, will replace Madame Sun j-sen as a speaker at the Conference.
The Conference, which will open tomorrow to discuss a boycott of Japan and means to sid China, has yecelved many other edibles of sympathy with its purpose from all over the: world, Mr, Henry 1, Stimson, former American Secretary of Stale, sent a message urging an "unofficial severance of commercial relations with Japan."
'A lengthy cable from Mr.
Soong, former Chinese Minister of Finange and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of China, urges collective action against the aggressor.
General Chiang the Conference declaring that japer is destroying law, order and. civil lon and ig leading the eid back "will defend themselves to the last man and the last inch of territory.
"The summoning of the conference to devise a means of curbing the madness and cruelty of the Japanese militarists," the Generaligsimo's cable said, "hag given the Chinese new strength to combat their onslaught, ud new hopes for the final vindication of China's eights." emphasized that peace and justice were inseparable, and that no per manent peace was possible without ustlce, He pointed out that in the modern world there could. be "isolated peace." Any disturbance to peace in any part of the world, be Rdded, was bound to have repercuss Slons."in every other part of the world, ust before the reception, Japanese aircraft raided Hankow. dropping [bombs and handbills.. Owing to a heavy fog, anti-aircraft batteries were unable to spot the Invaders and thus ig not open fire.
After dropping a, few bombs the planes, the roar of whose motors were clearly audible to the populace, tressed over to Wuchang and bombed the commercial "aerodrome near Nanhu, where the China National Aviation Corporation and the Buresia Company operate airlines from Hankow to Chungking and Hongkong After boutoing the aerodrome, the visilers returned to. Hlankow "and Gropped thousands of handbills Router,
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