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JAPAN DEMANDS A FREE HAND American Interference Will

Provoke

Hostility

Japanese Premises

IMMENSE MATSUOKA: IN In Colony

GIFTS FOR AIRCRAFT

Gifts reaching the im- -mense total of £6,097,000|

SOFTER TONES Searched

[In response to a request from International News Service for a clear exposition of Japan's real attitude to the United States, Mr. Matsutaro Shoriki, publisher of the powerful newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun" and an outstanding leader in Japanèse affairs, cabled the following views to-day.] ·

By Matsutaro Shoriki, written specially for International News Service AMERICA HAS MISJUDGED JAPAN'S STRENGTH AND PURPOSE. have been received by SHE PROPHESIED JAPAN WOULD LAST ONLY TWO YEARS OF THE the Minister for Aircraft CHINA INCIDENT. HER PREDICTION WAS BASED ON THE FOL- Production for the pur-LOWING: chase of aircraft.

The Ministry of Aircraft Pro:

duction, announcing this figure, says that the made by the Colonies amounts to

huge contribution

£4,000,000, while £1,000,000 has

come from the Dominions and a million from the public at home.

First, Japan's economic weakness, stress- ing her military dependence on foreign trade, especially with America, for scrap iron, oil and other war supplies.

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Second, Japan's internal affairs, dead- Donations are continuing and locked in damestic stagnation arising from

further

ing in every day.

are com

The Ministry adds that as for as the people of Britain are con- cerned, enemy air attacks have

but increased the ceived. Reuter..

amounts re-

undue hardships.

America concluded from these observations that pressure on her part would force Japan to change her policy in China and the South Seas in accor- dance with American desires and as a result of naval demonstrations in the Pacific.

CHINA FORESEES BATTLE OF GIANTS IN PACIFIC

THE CHINESE PEOPLE TEND TO CONSIDER THE SINO-JAPANESE CONFLICT NO LONGER AS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN BUT AS A PART OF THE WORLD WAR IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN AND THE SOVIET UNION WILL SOON BE PLAYING A LEADING PART AGAINST THE AXIS NEW AL- LY IN THE FAR EAST.

Anti- Japanese expres- sions of disapproval final-| ly bore fruit in the abro gation of the commercial treaty and culminated in an embargo.

THE TRI-PARTITE PACT 18 JAPAN'S "ANSWER ΤΟ THE ABOVE AMERICAN ATTITUDE AND POLICY.

Japan takes the stand that the status quo of the past has not contributed at all to world civi- lisation. Her mind is made up lishment of a new world order Armly in the creation and` estab-

based on a new and true con- and equality equality among all ception of International justice races of the world and abandon er nations!

ment of the exploitation of weak-

"Acts Of War"

Should America aggravate Ja- panese feelings, any further by

agement of the alleged. British and Australian embargoes on

China's fate, it is believed, will depend on naval demonstrations or encour the outcome of this "battle of giants.”

The reopening of the Burma] as well as in present naval and oil and so forth, the Japanese road on October 17, at the end air strength.

of the agreed period of tempor-

nry closure, is expected to prove

the gignal for the start of rapid

and decisive developments,

Pact's Purpose

The Japan-Axis pact, says the

Por: Gonoral opinion in Chungking official Chinese organ "Central

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"STANDS AS FILED"

To enquiries seeking confirma- is that Japan will Immediately| Daily News,” “alms at the de- tion of the Matsuoka interview, ~press for a show-down, exort. |struction of Britain and China | the, head office of Internationul ing the strongest.: presauroon but at the same time is directed News Service in New York, cabled British and American Interests against the United States now, to branches throughout the world In the Far East.

and Soviet Russia later.".

that the interview as cabled by The Chinese feel international The newspaper adds the pact Larry Smith "stands as illed." developments are rapidly turning is an attempt to offset the failure

in their favour, since they are of the German-invasion of Eng- |-*

convinced of. United States, sup- | land by a Japanese auccess in the WEATHER FORECAST:Narth- remacy; over. Japan in resources Far East.-Reuter..

oast winds, moderate; táir.

ADMIRAL DECOUX

MOVING TO HUE

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL").

It is reported in messages from Hai- phong that Admiral Jean' Decoux, the Governor-General, is moving his headquar- ters from Hanoi to Hue, to the south of Hanoi, as a result of recent developments. -Special. o0000

Police of the Special Branch have carried out searches of Japanese es- tablishments in the Colony in the last few days, it was revealed this morning.

First place to be visited vas the Bank of Taiwan; one day last week.

A party of: police officers · -- four Europeans and six Chinese

entered the bank premises in Prince's Building at 5 p.m. "and, on presenting the manager with a -search-warrant, began a search.

which lasted well over an hour:

It is stated that the Police_paid, little or no attention to the books and documents of the bank, but were apparently looking for "ob- jects' not

ini usually employed banks."

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On Friday, the plant and offices of the "Hong Kong News," Japanese newspaper printed in English at No. 1 Chater: Road, were searched.

This morning, the residence of Mr. S. Kumamoto, the chief cor- respondent in Hong Kong of the "Asahi Shimbun" was visited by officers of the Special Branch in plain, clothes.

In no case was anything taken ******** l'away as a result of the search.

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