What kind of Government do the Japanese want in China? United central administration—weak federated government—or no government at all. In order to stimulate enthusiasm for the war (and the sale of bonds) the Japanese have set the stage for numerous important pronouncements—after the fall of Hankow. First, they planned the creation of, a "united" puppet set-up in Peiping but developed, so the Army created a so-called "Committee To Prepare for the Merger," and left it at that pending the outcome of military developments on the Yangtsze. Then along came one Bunroku: Yoshioka with another idea about a "federated" government. It all comes under the heading of "counting chickens prior to the hatching process," but it makes interesting reading—in this week's issue (Oct. 8) of The China.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.