Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-16 | Page 3 | Chinese Check Self-Rule Move

CHINESE CHECK SELF-RULE SELF MOVE SHANGHAI Nov 16 W P F Chi Chinese nese sources today said General Han Fu-Chu Fu governor of ot Shantung province had dealt a blow to the north China self government movement movement move move- ment meat by ordering his provincial authorities authorities au au- au- au to suppress activities favoring favoring fa Ia- local independence At the same time however agitators agitators agitators agi agi- for autonomy continued ac activities ac ac- ti in Hope Hopel province The evacuation of ot Chinese from the tho Chapel district of ot Shanghai slackened today with enforcement of a municipal order prohibiting their departure except with per per- missi mission on The withdrawal of armed Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- Japanese anese patrols from the district reduced tho the tension in the city The Chinese finance ministry fixed February 4 as the time limit for Cor the nationalization of the tho nations nation's nations nation's na na- na- na tion's silver a measure against which the Japanese have protested as interfering with trade developments developments developments develop develop- ments between the thc two nations Despite agitation for tor north China independence provinces province's two vo most powerful figures General Sung Cheh- Cheh Yuan Cheh-Yuan Yuan and Governor Shang Chen remain silent on the autonomy issue while General Doihara Doihara Doihara Doi- Doi hara and other Japanese military leaders continue conferences with Chinese officials authorities generally seemed to regard the north China autonomy move as premature saying sayIng say- say Ing it was as destined to failure unless unless unless un un- un- un less it is backed by Japanese military military mil mit- force Japanese troops were reported concentrating along the Great Vallor Vall Wall of or China and of ot these troops with artillery and trucks arrived at TOKIO TORIO Nov 16 UP Dispatches UP-Dispatches telling of General Chiang Kai Hal Shek's purported plans to reorganize Chinas China's entire military defense system system tem teni and reporting mass troop movements movements move move- ments in north China accentuated Tokio interest in the north China situation today Troop movements news dispatches dispatches' dispatches dispatches dispatches' dis dis- dis- dis patches patches' said were principally in Honan and Shantung provinces Military officials believed the mobilization mobilization mo mo- was designed to intimidate northern generals leading the north China autonomy movement Latest reports obtained by Nippon Nippon Nip Nip- pon News agency Indicated Chiang Hal Hai Shek had massed a aleast at least soldiers in the area Additionally the news agency reported reported re reported re- re ported crack troops were stationed near as a constant threat to Governor Han Fu-Chu Fu of ot Shantung Shantung Shantung Shan Shan- tung province ce The newspaper Asahl's Asahi's Shanghai correspondent reported Chiang Kai Shek employing the slogan Unite in n the face of oC national crisis had won the support of Yen Shi-Shan Shi governor of Shansi province and of ot General Feng Yu As result of ot this coalition the correspondent said Chiang Kal Kai Shek will reorganize the entire defense system with Feng Yu-Hsiang Yu beading heading head bead I ing tho the Held field forces