Tsingtao, on 23.
An ever-lasting peace should be based on firm principles, Mr. Wang Ching-wei, Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the "reformed" Kuomintang and China's peace-movement leader, told newspapermen here today.
^I have long cherished this idea," Mr. Wang declared, "and when the Konoye statement was issued I hoped then that Japan would make it her mission to effect the integrity of East Asia and allow China to share in that mission.
"My view on the peace movement is that it has been launched from the standpoint of taking a broad view of East Asia; that is, based upon a plan for both Japan and China recognizing that fighting between the two countries injuries both and peace between them brings about their ce-existence and ce-prosperity."
Mr. Wang declared that he would drive on to meet his ideals, even in the face of difficulties.
"Believing in the possibility of realizing this ideal I have come to devote my efforts in my peace movement in conjunction with those who are of the same mind.
"While firm principles are neces-serv, no little emphasis should be placed on the possession of an ardent belief for peace in order to have a solid foundation and healthy development of a peace movement.
"As my peace movement pro-grosses;" he said, "this principle and belief, I believe, will be implanted deeply in the minds of the people and will make possible the realization of our objectives, by Mr. Kao Tsung-wu, former direc-for of the Asiatic Affairs Department of the Chinese Foreign Office, and Mr. Tao Hsi-sheng, former Peiping University professor, who left the fold of Mr. Wang on January 3.
The two men, it was reliably understood, never were members of Mr. Wang's close entourage, although Mr. Kao accompanied the former Deputy Executive of the Chungking Kuomintang to Japan last year.
"The purported agreement made public in Hongkong," Mr. Chou told newspapermen here today, "repre-ented only the private draft prepared by a group of Japanese and was not based upon the wishes of ihe Japanese Government."
The Hongkong version, he continued, differed from the agreement discussed in Tokyo for more than a month between representatives of Mr. Wang Ching-wei and "responsible Japanese". The "reformed" Kuom: tang leader's delegates at that time were Mr. Mei Ssu-ping, Mr. Lin Pai-sheng, and himself, Mr. Chou declared When Mr. Kao and Mr. Tao left Shanghai for Hongkong, Mr. Chou added, they were not in possession of the final terms of agreement.—Domei. hát touch of LIN
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