Tokyo, Apr. 2.
A message from Rome reports that a press ban has been imposed on the recent statement by Mr. Cordell Hull, American Secretary of State, with the result that not a single Italian Paper has published his declaration reiterating the principle of non-recognition with regard to the new Central Government under Mr. Wang Ching-wei.
According to a report from Lima, the Peruvian Government has so far made no formal manifestation of its attitude towards the new regime at Nanking. "Prenza,' an influential newspaper at Lima, however, observed on March 31 that the statement. by General Chiang Kai-shek, re-Dudiating ihe new regime, was a fine one, but that it would possibly remain as a souvenir and have no practical effect onthe Central Government.
"The Chungking Government will eventually find it impossible to oppose the strength of Japan, who supports the new Government of China, the newspaper added.—Reuter,
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