It is further understood that Mr. Honda will stay in Tokyo for a while longer to elaborate the details of a formula for strengthening the Nanking government's position.
"To request Germany and Italy to recognize the National government of China at Nanking under Mr. Wang Ching-wei may be one of the appropriate measures for consolidating the latter's position," says the "Chugai Shogyo," a leading commercial paper, commenting on the formula for strengthening the Nanking government, The invocation, however, of bel—igerent rights by Japan may claim attention in accelerating the settlement of the Sino-Japanese conflict, the paper states, adding: "It certainly will not run counter to the ino-Japanese basic treaty concluded at Nanking on November 30 last year, ror will it thwart the sound development of the Nanking government. On the contrary, it goes a long way toward the complete settlement of the China offs '—Reuter, East Indies Angry Over Recent Vichy Action Batavia, May 20.
For some days now, since the Vichy ernment concluded its agreement ith Germany and events in Syria pointed to further Vichy ce-operation with the Nazis, the press of the Netherlands East Indies has been very incensed against the Vichy government's "treachery" and has been demanding the withdrawal from their midst of an "enemy" representative—the Vichy Consul-General in Batavia, Yesterday one paper suggested that the Vichy representative should not be allowed to fly the French the future, "the once honoured tricolor kaying gained the qualities of a red rag in the eves of a bull now that Marshal Petain and Adi Darlan have steeped themselves the mire of treache:
It continued: "We hope not to see this flag floating over the Consulate-General again before it has been adorned with the Cross of Lorrain the symbol of the Free French, Reuter,
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