As showing the spirit of defeatism, from their point of view now reign-Ing in certain circles here, the following story Is not without interest. A certain member of the Pro: visional government told a foreign fremd at a dinner party quite recently, that he had been warning his Japanese friends that the Wang Ching-wet business was all nonsense and, that if they really were out to establish a government for the whole of China, then the only thing for them to do was to come to terms with Gen, Chiang Kal-shek. One may be allowed to doubt, whether the speaker really did use such language to the Japanese, but his statement derives. significance from the fact that one year or more ago he was defending to the same foreigner hhis acceptance of a post in the local government on the plea that Gen, Chiang was finished, and that on must make the best of a bad job.
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