"Foolish Dream"
May Dr, Kumalaro Honda, "Japanese Ambassador to the Nanking Government, who sailed on Friday night for Tapa to confer with the Tokyo government on measures {0 intensity eooperation "between Japan and. the Wanking government, declared {interviews with the "Nich-Nicht" prior to his departure, that he was Eonvineed that the closest coopera-{ion between the Japanese andthe Wang Ching-wel governments was the sole formula for bringing. about 2 final Sino-Japanese, settlement.
Dr. Honda declared that It would tho a "foolish dream" to'entertain any thoughts of a. compromise with' Genral Chiang Kat-shek, 'The Japanese envoy told the "Nichi-Nicht" that he hood been reliably Informed that Genral Chiang was In' no. disposition to fecept "pence overtures" from Tokyo and felt that any such move should Sermade through the United States, "Dr. Honda said that he had. been informed by a "third. Power repre-tentative who recently visited Chung Win hat General Chang. way th nno.mood' to accept pence. proposals hastily: in view of the world situa: tion, and also the manner in which {he antleaxis Powers had been ligning their ald to. Chungking.
At the same me Dr. Honda warn. ced against an overestimation of Te: ports of an unbridgeable rift between General Chiang: and the Communists, He pointed out that the United States hada stranglehold on the Chungking regime singe the esources of the Chiang-Soong financial clique were {ied up in American banks.
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