JAPAN SUSPICIOUS.
I CAUTIOUS IN DEFENCE, i WAR AND FINANCE. (By Cable. —Press Association.—'CcpyTi's&t.) (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, August, 10. \ The "Morning Post" correspondent ■ Says that a study of the Japanese ver- I nacular Press indicates a suspicious atti- j. tude towards the Washington Conference, j Since Senator Knox had tried to inter- | nationalise the Mancburian railway, j Japan was slow to accept American pro- i posals without the most careful investi- , gation. Japan realised that without the assistance of Western finance it could not have prosecuted past wars. This fact was making her cautious in her future defence, as possibly she might be squeezed by Western finance. Japan regards President Harding's proposal as I a new move to control Asia, and to decide the fate of Pacific natives by Occidentals. She was afraid of being drawn into a new combination of Powers which would possibly menace her long cherished independence.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 190, 11 August 1921, Page 5
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