The Archive · 1940

Pro-Japanese Leader

Slain in Canton

June 16.

General Lui Chunyung, commander—chiet of the pro-JSapanese Peace' and National "Salvation Army, wa totally wounded in ay morning when a group of Chinese fuerilias ambushed. the general "and fire hundreds of shots at point blank. range according to the Canton cor respondent of the independent newspaper "Wah Kiu Yat Po" today.

"More than 3,000 civilians were arrested in Canton following the Assassination and at least 100 are still being held as. possible participants fof the guerilla party, it was under~

General Lut was shot as he stepped into his ear in front of the home of a Canton Government official, where "he had spent the night the correspondent reported—Unite Press, Tue new railway station at] Pukow, the southern terminus of the. Tientsin-Pukow Railway, near Nanking, has been completed at a cost of", Y.150,000, the "Shar Mainichi" reported on June 11. she continues to sell war material to Europe that she herself needs, National China Beaten "Meanwhile the Americans have seen in the Far East that Chiang Kalshek is neatly Gnished, that our ally, Japan, has been vietorous in 100 battles, that the "New Order in East Asia" "is becoming more sinnly established every day, and that the trade of the Far East is flowing like a mighty river, so that there is no way of withstanding Japan here. They also realize that none of these diabolical schemes can ever hope to meet with success among the generous and honest peoples of East Asia. For these reasons America uses [the pretence of opposing Germany as a pretext for trying to hinder Japan. For it is Japan against whom this embargo is really aimed, '"Although the laws of international intercourse and of neutrality should be enough to defeat such scheming and unneutral conduct, the public all the world over will share our indignation at the horrible schemes of this capitalist state, With united wisdom and strength the whole of Hitler's people to u man have set out to defeat these plots. But here in 'Asia, notwithstanding the establishment of the New Order in Best Asia and the recovery of trade, which are the dearest wishes of all' peoples of the Far East, the plutocratic demo-crocies continue without cessation pursue a policy of obstruction and hostility.

"We, the people of East Asia, must /adopt an unyielding attitude and treat these democracies to the same eagle's glance and tiger's glare and oppose them in the same way, as mighty Germany is doing in Europe. "if all the peoples of the Far Esst join together inthe common cause and stand up to these people, then it will be found that even the leader of the plulocratic democracies, "America, hot so very dangerous afler all."

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