Paris, Apr. 2.
The Premier, M, Paul Reynaud, yesterday received the Chinese Ambassador to Paris, Dr. Wellington Koo, and, it was understood, discussed France's Far East policy.
M. Reynaud decided to follow Washington's policy of non-recognifion of the new Government of Mr. Wang Ching-wei, leader of the Nanking Kuomintang, it was understood. It was believed that the Premier had given the American Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, assurances that France would not recognize the, Nanking government upon its establishment, during the latter's visit to Paris last month.
The possibility of French recognition of the new government was further removed after the announcement at Tokyo that Japanese armies would remain in China as long as Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek continued to resist, thus making the early evacuation of Hainan Island improbable.—United Press, "The Great Illusion"
New York, Apr, 2.
The New York "Herald Tribune" yesterday called the establishment of the new Nanking government under Mr. Wang Ching-wei "a pretty feeble bit of Oriental make believe."
In an editorial entitled, "The Great Illusion in Nanking," the "Herald Tribune" said the government "means nothing but one more Japanese treaty violation. The performance in Nanking can safely be labelled a pretty feeble bit of Oriental make believe," the newspaper declared.
The "Daily News" warned that "the United States is high on the Japanese military caste's list of Powers to be humbled in the great task of imposing Japanese culture on the world. We can put a terrible, and probably fatal crimp on these schemes by clamping on an embargo," the news-Paper declared—United Press.
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