On "Voice of Church"
Paris, June 17.
An opuscule, bearing the name of "The Voice of the Church of China," was published today by Father Lou Tsen-tsiang, a Celestine monk who was formerly Foreign Minister of his country, Father Lou wrote his book at the Andre les Briges Abbey, The work covers a period of ten years, from the Pope's speech on August 1, 1928, (o the address made by Mr. Paul Vu Pin, Apostolic Vicar for Nanking, at the last Eucharistic Congress in Bucharest which ended last month, Documents included in it tend to In addition, the Foreign Minister said, information reaching the Gaimushy tended to support the allegations contained in press dispatches. That such reports were not totally unfounded Gen. Ugaki stated, was shown by the confirmation of dispatches that a French firm had concluded a contract for the building of a railway in southern China.
The Japanese Government, he declared, was not "contemplating" the occupation of Hainan Island, but even should the island be occupied it would have "nothing to do" with the Franco-Japanese treaty of amity of 1907.
The withdrawal of German advisors from Hanko& was praised by Gen. Ugaki. The measure would deal a "painful blow" to the Chiang Kaishek administration, he stated.
The strengthening of the anti-Comintern pact, he declared, was "quite advisable and its necessity is being felt all the more in view of the current situation." show jhe "affection and tenderness which the Catholic Church extends to people unjustly attacked."
Father Lou placed before universal conscience ion of rights, fenceless populations, ana hecatombs of men effected by ese militarism which must bear full responsibility." He expressed hopes that "after the return of peace a new life may start between Chu and Japan in which the two peoples will help each other on a perfectly equal basis without excluding other Powers from the limits of their friendships, "—Havas, New German Protest To Prague Berlin, June 17.
"The Reich will strongly prot the new violation of German territory by Czech airplanes this morning, when they flew over the small Bavarian ci of Lam, seven kilometres from the frontier, the "Lokalanzeiger" announces today.
"The Czech aircraft allegedly photographed the frontier fortifications in the course of their forbidden flight.—
Havas,
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