JAP. PEACE AIM

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 14

JAP. PEACE AIM

SHANGHAI PARLEYS NEW CHINESE REGIME WANG AS ENVOY ASSURANCES GIVEN (Kim;. Tel. Copyright—tTnitml Pres* Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 24, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 22. The Shanghai correspondent of’the British United Press states that important conferences arc being held ooking to the early establishment ,f a new Chinese Central Government under the former Prime Minister, Wang Ching-Wei Those attending the conference in eluded General itagaki, the chief of fiafi of the Japanese Army, uid General Sciichi Kita. the chief of the North China liaison office. It is understood that General Itagaki agreed to give Wang wide powers to negotiate peace with Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek. Twenty Japanese army and navy officers and officials of Japanese China assured Wang of co-operation.

A report from Kulangsu states that the international settlement authorities have posted warnings against anti-Japanese activities and prohibiting the organisation of■ anti-Japanese gatherings and societies or the publication of anti-Japanese propaganda, displays of the Chinese Nationalist flag, and the possession of guns and explosives. Offenders are threatened with being delivered to the Japanese, who have lifted the blockade.