Evening star., 1938-10-30
BRINGS j. S. DATA
ON CHINESE TRADE
Shanghai American Groups
Head Promises to Give
Startling Details.
BY the Associated Preaa

SHANGHAI, Oct. 29.-After a joint
session Of the British and American
Chambers Of Commerce of Shanghai,
w. H. Plant, president of the American
organization. sailed today for the
United States to assist the Government
in efforts to maintain the "open door"
in China.
Mr.. Plant said he planned to lay
before the Washington administration,
including President Roosevelt, start
ling details Of the carefully planned
Japanese threat to the American COM
mercial stake in China"
Mr.. Plant sailed on the liner En-
press OF Russia, which was scheduled
to arrive at Vancouver November H.
He is Far East manager for the United
States Steel Corp.
Mr.. Plant declined to disclose the
nature OF the talks of British and
American businessmen that preceded
his sailing. He did assert, however.
that the present Japanese efforts "to
drive American business from China
constitute the gravest menace to
Chinese-American trade yet expert
enced."
Fears Trade Extinction,
He expressed belief that American
trade In China was doomed to extinc-
ton unless the objectives of the Oc-
tooer q United States protest to Japan
We're achieved.
Inc American note asked the JAP
anese to halt 'unwarranted" inter-
ference with American rights in China
ana called for preservation of the
open door, for international trade,
American trade in China" Mr.
Plant said, lis a present and future
asset OF American labor, agriculture
shipping. banking and foreign trade
generally and safeguard against
monopolistic control of Chinese raw
materials which the United States
requires.
American traders in China repre.
sent mhllons OF American workers
and producers on the sales front for
their products"
Resistance Demanded.
Chinese advices said Chunpkinv
the center of Chinese resistance to
invasion now that Hankow had been
lost, received messages from all over
the nation which demanded resist
ance and rejection Of peace proposals.
Chinese in Shanghai called rumors
That the Chinese had made peace over
lures japanese "maneuver aimed at
weakening the will of China to re-
SiSt."
They said the national government
was not interested in peace proposals
OF the shadow governments" of Pei
ping and Nanking japanese spon-
sored regimes. "China's foreign pol
icy is simply that the national
resistance, independence and sover-
eighty of China shall not be weakened
or destroyed"
Brief Advices on War.
There were but brief Japanese ad-
vices today on the war. The army
reported all Of Hupeh Province east
OF the Peiping -Hankow Railway-that
is, north and northeast of Hankow-
mad been cleared of Chinese forces.
South Of Hankow and the sister
cities of Hanyang and Wuchang. land
assaults on the withdrawing Chinese
continued and naval forces were re-
ported 20 miles above Hankow on the
Yangtze River.
On the Kiangsi Province front, about
130 miles southeast OF Hankow, the
japanese were reported advancing
south from Teian toward Nanchang,
provincial capital, about 60 miles away.
Warships detailed to the South
China invasion were reported to have
reached Canton, where land forces had
been in control since October 81.
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