The Archive · 1939

Desire for New China

"1 appealed to the Chinese cone science with the result that desires for the construction of a new China Ihave been strongly asserting them Jselves in various parts of Chins," he said.

He paid tribute to the military achievements of the Japanese force China and condemned the Chunaking Government for alleged ¢0- Joperation with the Soviet Union.

"Such abject dependence of a Chinese Iv al or central government on foreign powers or "influences, manifested by the Chungking' administration in becoming the willing puppet of the Comintern, has no pre= Jeedence in Chinese history," he said, added, is now "solemnly requesting the third Powers behind the Chungking Government to revise. ide."—United Press, Local Issues Only Fourteen New Freighters Tokyo, July 5.

is definitely - understood" that forthcoming Anglo-Japanese conversations will relate to local issues connected with present conditions in Tientsin," declared Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador, in an interview today with 15 foreign correspondents at the British Ems bassy.

He expressed the opinion that a solution to the imbroglio. was pos~ sible by negotiation, but not by The date of the formal opening of the conversations, he added, had rot yet been fixed. It bad. been delayed, he said, because Japanese army representatives. from Tientsin For D.K.K, Daiven, July The Dairen Kisen Kaisha is to build fourteen new freighters at total cost of ¥.25,000,000 tobe completed by 1941. The money heeded -will come from its reserve funds. The plan includes two ships 9,000 tons each, two of 6,000 to 7,000 tons, five of 5000 tons, four of 41000 tons and one of 3,000 "tons. The coastal trample of the DKK, has increased so. much lately that foreign ships have had to be chartered, and the new scheme is Gesigned to eliminate this. nece-sity

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