Chungking, May 12.
Chinese circles generally welcome the change of the British Cabinet, particularly Mr. Winston Churchill as the new Prime Minister.
While no comment is forthcoming from official quarters, Chinese newspapers, in biographical sketches published this morning, stressed the point that "last year, when the blockade of the concessions at Tientsin started, Mr. Churchill in an article strongly condemned the Japanese militarists, opposed a compromise with Japan, paid tribute to General Chiang Kai-shek and expressed confidence in China's ultimate victory.
Ever since the Mukden Incident nine years ago, Chinese circles have been dissatised with the policy of the British Government under Earl Baldwin and Mr. Chamberlain, which is considered here as a "policy of compromise."
In recent months, Chinese quarters have been particularly anxious over British Far Eastern policy, as a result of last year's understanding between Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokyo, and Mr. Hachiro Arita, then Japanese Foreign Minister, recent British proposals for a settlement of the Tientsin silver question, as well as Sir Robert Craigie's speech at a luncheon of the Britain-Japan Society in Tokyo.
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