On April 1
Nanking Political Talks Said Again Postponed Peiping Stand Uncertain Peiping, Mar. 16.
Sources in close touch with the Peiping "Provisional Government" state that the Central Political Conference has once again been postpone ed and that it will now be held on March 26, instead of March 20.
The Japanese army spokesman, however, denies this postponement, and states the conference will open on March 20, according to the present schedule, It is considered probable in "Provisional Government" circles that the new centra] regime will come into existence around April l, soon after the conclusion of the Nanking Conference. It is further stated that the United Council of the Nanking and Peiping regimes will be held on March 28.
A declaration announcing the formation of the new Central Government, it is reported in Peiping, Will be made several days after the opening of the Central Politico] Conference.
The Premier concluded: "With a sword in one hand and a spade in the other, and without bitterness towards anyone, we shall now hasten on the work of reconstruction, healing the wounds of war, and the maintenance and development of our mental and material culture and of our social structure, which is based on right."
President Kallio, in a brief speech, declared that ever since hostilities had opened the Finnish Government had expressed the wish to re-establish peace, He outlined events leading up to the war and proposed that the treaty be ratified.
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