Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-25 | Page 2 | China Pleads for Peace Parley to Heal Japan Rift

China Pleads for Peace Parley to Heal Japan Rift China May 25 AP China AP-China China tonight appealed appealed appealed ap ap- ap- ap pealed for peace with Japan The national government through its foreign minister General Chang Chun beseeched politically sighted far-sighted Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese and Japanese to remove causes of hostility and lish ish a lasting understanding General Chang Chun spoke at a memorial service for Sun Yat Sen Zen great Chinese reformer He urged th that t such a lasting understanding be effected through the earliest possible sincere diplomatic diplo diplo- maW matic discussions to concern any problems redounding to the mutual mutual mutual mu mu- benefit of the two countries and to the security of the Far East Se Js Firm Basis For Chinas China's part the foreign minister min mm- ister isler said the scope of the conversations conversations conver conver- might include any formulas based upon equality reciprocity and mutual respect for sovereign rights They should not be confined to local questions or or particular issues he declared China desires no temporizing policy to ease eRse the present situation situation situa situa- tion General Chang Chun as as- It wants an nn understanding which will insure the peaceful existence of ot the two peoples for generations to comeI comeI come I consider the establishment of friendly In intercourse between China and Japan to be an Imm immediate diata challenge challenge chal thai lenge to the practical statesmanship of ot both countries Tho The pre present ent is no time to In Indulge Indulge Indulge In- In In mutual recriminations or orto orto to ie harp on vague principles utter coercion or reprisals and threats Tells Tell of Red Anti Work York As a practical token of ot the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese cooperation desired Chang Chung called upon Nippon to make a simple move which will Instantly end nd the tho North China smuggling Referring to Japanese concern over communism in n China Chang Chun reviewed tho the governments government's governments government's governments government's gov gov- i efforts to suppress reds and expressed Chinas China's hope for Cor early liquidation of or this problem He hit also so at persistent rumors that China is entering into alliances with foreign u nations declaring China is s definitely not relaxing her antIcommunist campaign We never have contemplated tho the possibilities possibilities of ot political alliances or an art attempt to play off oct certain powers against neighboring countries This was in reply to repeated oft-repeated Japanese charges that China has entered into an alliance with soviet Russia against the Japanese I Chang Chun did not mention the soviet union by name however