LITTLE DOUBT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20634, 14 August 1941, Page 5

LITTLE DOUBT

JAPANESE MINDS PROMPT REACTION BRITAIN AND AMERICA (Elec. Tel Copyright—United Press Absh.) (Reed. Aug. 14, 9 a.m.) ' NEW YORK, Aug. 13. The Tokio correspondent of the New York Times says that the American and British stand in the Far Eastern crisis, as expressed in the recent statements by Mr. Cordell Hull and 'Mr. Anthony Eden were" formally conveyed to the Japanese Government by the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie and the American Ambassador, Mr. J. G. Grew, in the recent interviews with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Admiral Toyada. As a l-esult of these steps as well as direct discussions between the Japanese Ambassador at Washington, the Japanese Government was officially informed that any action which threatened the independence of Thailand would be a matter of immediate concern and Britain and the United States were prepared to meet any step Japan would take, move for move. As Mr. Eden stated any threat to Thailand’s independence threatens the security of Singapore, on which hinges the whole position both of Britain and the United States in the Far East. There is little doubt in Japanese minds to-day what the next step would be.