seemed to 'a8 a Chines protecting incrests of third party Powers established, the concern of these It was not neve: sce rations into the matter. established in Shangifai, Mar. 16, A thinly-velted threat {0 nationals of third Powers who failed recognize the new central government which will be established Ju Nanking was uttered by the Japai ese Embassy spokesman yesterday' when he said that the obvious result of the Powers' ignoring the now! administration will be that nationals of those Powers in the areas under the jurisdiction of the new govern. ment will be the ones to" suffer difficulty in trade movement and forth, 'Commenting onthe establishment of the new "National Goverment of China" in Nanking, the spokesman said that dispatches from abroad indicated that. some Powers were likely to ignore the new administration, He expressed grave "doubts that' those Powers: would be able to ignore the new" government, as indicated, because should it Be necessary to negotiate over matters: thin the areas under the jurisdic. tion of the new—administration thing could be accomplished by' taking the matter up with Chungking.
Quoting conditions in Manchoukuo. today as an example, he said that 1932 the League of Nations passed resolution advocating 1 tion of -Manchoukuo, kuo, however, do enter i negotiations with the there, "and while they not jactuaity recognize the government, they are in direct ntact with the thorities. the Interests of third Powers in Manchoukuo are 10 be compared with those in the areas which will be under the control of the new national government, _he said, the latter interests were much fereater and it was beyond question that Powers would ignore the new' administration, Feeling of Sympathy protection of their lawhutiy acquired Fights and interests.
The test of any government was whether or not it could establish good administration. a the new "Centr:
yood administration and protected the rights and interests parties, it would be a government which should receive the support and assistance of all those who believed Jdhat because it had received promis> of early recognition by Japan, would tend to give Japan a monopoly fof trade in Chi That was a prejudiced and unfair attitude, the spokesman said. The China problem was not new. Tt was Too problem which required a farsighted view. Tt was not to Japan's benefit to take steps whereby China Jand the rights and interests of third arty Powers would suffer. to be attended to by the Prior to holding his present posi tion, Lu is understood to have been teacher at Kinshan near Sungkiang.
It also seemed to the spokesman that the reason for reports of decisions to ignore the new government ]was more a matter of sentiment which sprang from a feeling of sympathy for the Chungking Government, but in reality, he stressed, sentiment has to give Way to facts and politics do not permit sentiment to oversea real interests, Asked if he knew what gave rise this sentimental attitude, the spokesman. answered that it can be attributed to the feeling that Chung. knowledge of real China. This had been' abetted by Chungking propaganda, ho Questioned as {o whether: lishment of the new ad Nanking would have an the question of the reopening of th Yangtze River, the Navy spokesman said that there was no relation between the new government and the proposed reopening of the water Asked if the new government have central over the Yanatee River hho said that that was a matter which could be better disewssed citer the nauiguration of the Nanking over.
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