Chungking, July 2.
The Chinese press this morning unanimously expressed the greatest indignation over the German and Italian recognition of the Nanking Government under Mr. Wang Ching-wei.
The official "Central Daily News," in a leading article, describes the action as an "insult to the Chinese "The Hitler and Mussolini governments have always adopted an unfriendly attitude towards China, pursuing a pro-Japanese policy. Newspapers and periodicals under their control make malicious attacks on the Chinese Government and people.
"The Chinese Government had hitherto refrained from taking any action, as the Chinese and German peoples had a history of sincere friendship and mutual assistance in cultural and technical relations, We were unwilling to sacrifice the friendship of the Chinese and German peoples because of the actions of the Nazi regime.
"At the same time we hoped that the German people would be able to induce their government to change their mistaken policy. This hope. however, has now totally gone with the German recognition of the puppet regime. We are confident, however. that this does not represent the wishes of the German people, But it is noteworthy that Germany and Italy waited 14 months before extending recognition to Nanking. showing that there must be a motive behind the new move."—Reuter.
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