MOVE FOR PEACE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20051, 25 September 1939, Page 12

MOVE FOR PEACE

CHINA AND JAPAN SOVIET DENY MEDIATION CHINESE VICTORY RECAPTURE OF KAO AN DEF E N I)E R S A N Nllll LA TE D (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 25, Noon.) NEW YORK, Sept. 23. The Chungking correspondent <-f the New York Times states that the Soviet Embassy spokesman emphatically denied that negotiations for a Cliinese-Japane.se peace are proceeding at Chungking with the Soviet as mediator or that the Soviet Ambassador is visiting Shanghai to discuss prospects of a settlement.

The Chinese appear confident that whatever plans Germany and Russia have in the Far East, they will not be disadvantageous to China.

The Chungking correspondent of the New York Times says that the British Ambassador and a number of the staff are leaving Shanghai on September 28 for Chungking and will stay for at least two months. The greatest significance is attached to the move as an indication o r the importance of the relations between China and Britain in the immediate future. Up to the present, the 'f-v d States Ambassador is the only one resident in Chungking.

The Shanghai correspondent of the Associated Press of America, states that the Chinese recaptured Kaoan and annihilated the Japanese who occupied the city on Thursday. The Chinese forced 1 lie enemy to ret:cat throughout the Kiangi front.