Reports reuelling here from Piping.
fared that the official celebrations There were held under the auspices Political Affairs The Peiping ceremonies an of, the Commission, ese officialx as, well want-General Hayao Tada, lof of the Japanese The promise of the Japanese Gov ernment to accord ils "whole-hearted "National Govt Nobuyuki Abe, Ambassador Exttuordinary and Envoy Plenipoten. ary to Nanking, and 22 members of his stof called on Mr. Wang Ching-wei, acting president of the "National Government of China," at the latter's office at 11.90 o'clock this morning.
Gen. Abe and his staff arrived here yesterday morning aboard the s. Kashima Maru to represent the Japanese Government at the oficial celebrations of the return of the National Government to its capital which start on Friday.
Gen, Abe and his stof were received at the entrance to the National Government offices by Mr. Wang Dr. Chu Min-yi, Foreign Minister, and other Chinese officials, Gen, Abe and Mr. Wang firmly shook hands, after which Gen. Abe, Mr, Shinrokiro Hidaka, councillor of the Japanese Embassy, and Mr. Tozo Shimi2u, secretary-interpreter, projeeeded to a reception room with Mr. Wang, Dr. Chu, and Mr. Chow Lung hislang, director of the Asiatic Affairs: Bureatt of the Chinese Foreign Omee, for a (iwemminute conversation. was conveyed to Mr, id-Wol, Acting President of ernment." by Gen= upunese Envoy nat Destined to East dlolivered of this share responsibility for the int of a now order in East wed this morning by.
'National' Govern ply to General Nobuyuki ize of felleltation. establishment of a new order should be eat ried out the ixisis of ce-operation and Kood bolween Japan and both nations sharing the Mr. Wang emphasized.
"The celebrations here nity. the return of the Nae ional Government of China to its jon was honoured ves of hereby tude on be:
London, Apr. 24.
Mr, Quo Taj-chi, Chinese Ambassador, addressing the British Asso-lation for International Understard-Ing (clay, said leadership in the Ear East inevitably falls on China by Feason of her vast, area, population and, ever more, her culture and ational genius for development in modes of peace.
can entertain no facile optimism fas requrds redemption of the Japan-ere people within a practicable mea-Sure' of time from the domination of the military caste with its programme of hegemony in East Asa and mastery over the western Pacific areas." Mr. Quo said.
China had an important part play in Anglo-American relations because the strategic and commercial Interests of Britain atd the United States were parallel in the Far East, ie added.—Reuter. wemment ad circled over Sha yesterday distributing handbills the Chinese nat nal flog, att explanation of the history of Moo given by Mr. Lin Pel of Publicity of at to the origin of the" "blue sky, white stun against red background which characterize the Chit but the "yellow pennant an reconsteuetion" ras recently de. folded to "be "part-of the flag of the flog as the ne used by the Chungking Government was printed in the Randbill in its proper colours.
Tt was stated that the flag was designed by the late revolutionary louder Lu Hon-tung, chief assistant te Dr. Sun Yatesen in the early days of the Kuomintang revolutionary. movement. He said that the "blue sky" means justice, equality and freedom. while the white sun was interpreted as being clean and bright. The red colour means freedom, existence, struggle. equality of ce-existence. mankind and mutual prosperity and
'A central telegraphic news agency has officially come into existence to do publicity work for the new government. The agency is to be headed by Mr. Lin Peh-sen. The other news agencies which have been ing the same work will be suspended and incorporated with the chief agency, it is reported.
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