"After the declaration of Prince Konoye on December 22 last year, it Wwas generally assumed that it might offer" a chance for a fundamental, solution of the Sino-Japanese problem. As a result people of farsighted and broad vision have come together to plead for peace. Fortunately. I have not been abandoned by my fellow-countrymen and have been jerked to take the responsibility of pacification. I am afraid 1 might be too and in declining health, to! }do any good to remedy" the national isis, but as T am a citizen, I have:
do my duty. 'I will try not to dis appoint my countrymen and will use ithe best efforts on their behalf. Of course such a complicated and perplexing undertaking is not easy to deal with, but peace and order could Guerillas Rewarded for New Year Sees Lull North China Fighting Chungking, Feb. 18.
New Government appointments, just made public, bring to light the activities of many distinguished names, old North China military. Jeaders who are now leading guerilla units in North China, General Chang Ying-wu, formes Mayor of Peiping under General Yon Hsieshan, has been appointed Civil Governor of Hopel province.
He is now at the head ofa large body of Chinese guerilla units operat-Ing' in the Taihanshan Mountains, west of the Peiping-Hankow Railway.
General Sun Liang-chen, known as the "ever-victorious general" under General Feng Vu-siang, has been appointed member of the Hopel Pro. vineial Government, in recognition of hiis services as leader of the guerilla units in Hopet province—Reuter.
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