Hankow Minister of Publicity on China's Friends Hankow, Feb, 11 All rumours of peace negotiations between China and Japan were indirectly refuted by Mr. Shao Li-tze, Minister of Publicity, in an address Jat a rocepton given here yesterday afternoon by the "Chinese Anti Aggression League, "While China " appreciates the' friendly support given to her by her friends," Mr, Shao said, "she herself must live up to the expectations of liber friends by continuing her resist. Jance against Japan in a determined and vigorous manner, "We know clearly who are our friends and who our enemies," he Jcontinued, "but we judge them by' standards' higher than mere self interest, Those who support China fin her ght against aggression and jin her efforts to uphold peace, law fand order are her friends."
General Chen Ming-shu, who was! JCommander-in-Chief of ' the 19th. Route Army before they fought Jagainst the Japanese at Shanghai in 1992, also spoke, He emphasized that to surrender {io aggression would not only fail to Jend aggression, but would serve to encourage violation.of peace and order, 'The only effective way to end aggression', he asserted, would be for fall peace-loving nations and peoples {to combine In a concerted effort, Another reception will be given this afternoon, but this time by the Chinese Peoples Foreign Relations Association, Mr. Wang Ching-wel, Chairman of the Central "Political Council, will preside—Reuter, Tue financial campaign for national salvation funds, which was launched among overseas Chinese communities Ju the South Seas Islands has attained the $20,000,000 mark, says a report to the "Life Daily News" According to the message, Chinese in Malaya have contributed ' $12,000,000, while their fellow countrymen In the Philippine Islands have made up a balance of '$8,000,000. Two prominent" Chinese industrial magnates, Messrs. Tan Ka Kee and Li Ching-chuan have taken Jan active part in pushing the camalgns in Malaya and in the Philipines, respectively.
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