"Chungking, in short, is on the eve of final breakdown, while the Chinese government at Nanking is growing big end strong with Japan's Major Tominaga's charges that Generalissimo Chiang is a "puppet" of the United States and Britain were re-echoed in the Japanese press which pointed to recent recognition of the Nanking regime by the Axis powers as an indication of Mr, Wang Ching-wei's independence.
The Japanese apparently have tired of having the unflattering identification "puppet" hurled at the leaders of Japanese-sponsored governments on the continent and are undertaking to stick this title on Gen, Chiang Kai-shek—at least in Japan and Japanese-occupied territories.—United Press.
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