JAPAN'S EXPANSION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 206, 31 August 1936, Page 7

JAPAN'S EXPANSION.

following definite plans. NORTH CHINA NEXT? (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. "Japan has a definite policy for expansion in the Far East, and she is determined to pursue her plans in spite of opposition and hints of reprisals," said Mr. I. G. G. Mackav, of Invercargill, who arrived by the Makura from Sydney to-day after an extensive tour of the Far East. "Manchuria is now a well-governed Japanese State, and soon North China will become another of Japan's possessions," he said. "Large numbers of Japanese soldiers are being sent to Tientsin, which now largely resembles a Japanese fortified area. I am certain that if the nations of Europe become involved in the conflict over the situation in Spain, the Japanese Government, finding the coast clear, will step in and formally annex North Clilna." Mr. Mackav said that immense quantities of goods were being smuggled into North China and that tliea Chinese C'ustems authorities could not effectively deal with the situation. Chinese Customs officers were not protected, and were often assaulted by unruly Japanese and Koreans who escorted the illicit cargo.