'The announcement mentions that about 65 per: cent. of the Chinese people are workers and farmers who are suffering from alleged mal-administration' and the communist menace. "It denounces both com munists and the Chungking authorities in most bitter terms, asserting that, the Chungking government has been "invaded" by communists who are said (0 be occupying Key positions. 'Without mentioning the name, the an-houncement says that according newspaper repor!, Mr. Sun Fo has become president of the Executive 'Yuan, 'Mr, Mao Chictung, Minister of War,' Mr. Hsu Hsiang-chien,—Vice-Minister of War, Mr, Eugene Chen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Chen Fu-ching (said to be a nephew of Mr. Chen Tu-shin, a communist. writer) Vice-minister of Foreign Aftalrs, and Mr. Chou En-lai, head of the political department of the Central Kuomintang Headquarters, goes on to praise the achievements of Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini in Germany and Italy" respectively, and declares that communists and the authorities in Chungking must wiped out, Mr. Wang. Ching-wel's peace proposal is supported and the parly representatives" promises full support if Mir. Wang calls a meeting. He says, however, that Japan must algo forsake her "traditional and in+ corteet" policy towards China, uch circumstances peace will reign in Euston Asia and Feconstruction programmes can be carried onl, la. stated. The statement urges Japan, Germany, and Moly to trans~ form their anti-Comintern pact into} a military alliance. The Chinese demy will then be willing 10 €o-operate with the Japanese army on the battlefield ojainst "the communists In'order to establish pence the. Far East
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