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"THE TIMES" RECOMMENDS JAPAN TO TAKE HEED

London, To-day.

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steadily to deteriorate. With the im- best will in the world, it is The London "Times," in a

possible to adduce any evidence that leader to-day, on Japan and Brithe assurances of the present Gov- tish grievances, says the agenda of the Ugaki-Craigie discussions may be assumed to cover, at any rate, the major items in a long and lengthening list of British griev-

ances.

and

ernment of Japan are worth more. than those of their predecessors.

Among the most flagrant most easily remediable cases the

Restriction of access to kew and Yangtsepoo,

The ban on the navigation Since the Foreign Minister, Gen-the Yangtse, eral Ugaki, took office he has em Interference with British phasised his belief in the urgent ping at Tsingtao, need of improvement of Anglo- Japanese relations cabinet have done

his

nothing to disown the conciliatory policy towards Britain which General Ugaki has so publicly proclaimed,

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GETTING OUT OF DEPTH : It is becoming daily clearer that Japan is feeling the financial bur- in of den of the war. She appears,

fine, within measurable distance of ship-getting out of her depth. Her Gov-

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ernment know this. Her people are The paralysing of the Whangpoo beginning to suspect it. It Conservancy Board,

The seizure by the military certain British-financed

and

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The formation of company to take over other financed railways without for British interests,

be hoped that, it may not be ex- ofpected that her national leaders will railways not only seriously attend to out- standing Anglo-Japanese problems, Japanese but will take action to settle at least

British-some of them.

regard

WARLORD SEPARATION

The tendency towards separatism between the regional commands has become even more marked during the present invasion of China.

All

FAIRY GODMOTHERS The Japanese Minister of Fin- ance, Mr. S. Ikeda, in particula has every reason to forward such

NO NECESSITY a policy, for in seeking a solution

In none of these cases has Ja- to her economic and financial pro- blems, Japan cannot ignore the de-panese action been justified on the

Japanese occupation of China is sirability (it is indeed by now a ground of military necessity or any necessity) for outside assistance. other grounds and the experience strongly flavoured with the old war- And potential fairy godmothers of the past months suggests that lordism of fifteen years ago.

1 the object of that action is to han-this helps to explain the impotence Government to feed tactful handling.

dicap and finally extrude British of the Japanese THE WAY PAVED For the last three and a half enterprise from China, leaving Ja- keep the promises which it would prefer to keep if it could.-Reuter. months, a policy based on good in-pan a free field.

Fruitless though protestations to tentions towards Britain has been

Government have avowed by the Government of the Japanese

reason to Japan. Nevertheless, throughout proved, there is some

it this period, the situation regard- believe that the wiser men in ing British and other foreign in-are alive to the possible danger and continued the certain inconveniences of the terests in China have.

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ITALIAN THREAT OF COMMERCIAL WAR

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with Italy.

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It is not Italy's fault, he claims that the clearing agreements have functioned badly and now that Brl- herself tain has definitely shown disinclined to follow the Italian in- itiative, Italy will be compelled to resign her good intentions and to seek other markets for the goods she would otherwise have imported from England.

Signor Gayda mentions coal as principal article of import from England and declares that Ger- many and Poland can easily replace England in this field.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

In throttling exports to Italy, England is merely working to the advantage of other European coun- tries.

Emphasising, în conclusion, that It is not uncertainty about Italian finances but only politics alone that have motivated the British step, Signor Gayda contends that this action in itself proves that all talk of commercial solidarity and the Importance of international trade relations is empty and mean- ingless, since Italy doubled her im- ports from England while Great Britain during the same period, | progressively reduced hers from Italy. Trans-Ocean.

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