The Archive · 1940

Peiping Celebrations

Peiping, Apr. 27.

Belated celebrations were held here yesterday to mark the establishment ofthe Wang Ching-wel Government at Nanking.

Among those attending were Lieut Gen. Tada, Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Forces in North China, Vice-'Admiral Naokumi Nomura," Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Fleet in North China waters, and other high Japanese officials and members of the North China Political" Atars Comnulssion.

Me. Kensuke Sujii, Councitlor of the Japanese Embassy at Peiping, speak ing during the celebrations, said the Chungking Government was now reduced to a purely local administration Dut "the road before us is none too smooth."

Vice-Admiral Noniura aid it was impossible for China, and Japan to £0 fon fighting each other—"we should be allies."—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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