IN THE FAR EAST

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1940, Page 5

IN THE FAR EAST

AN AGREEMENT

BY BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

TOKYO July 14

The Japanese vernacular press is declaring in chorus that the British Ambassador (Sir Robert Craigie) and the Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr AFlta) has reached & basis of understanding for the suspension of the transport of supplies for Marshal Chiang /Kaishek through Burma.

The newspapers say that Britain has accepted. Japan’s demands. They 1 claim, first, that Britain will prohibit the 'of arms, ammunition, trucks, and petrol; second, that if necessary the Japanese consular authorities at Rangoon will examine the act-' ual results of such prohibition; and third, that the Hong Kon,g authorities; have already acted in prohibiting arms ' traffic- to China.

Sir Robert jCraigie (had a further - conference with Mr Arita on- Friday s when, says the Tokyo correspondent; of “The Times,” all the principal difficulties of the Burma road question were overcome. • VA ChuCgking message -says that Marshal Chiang Kahshek.. closing the session of the Kuomintang ■ criticised the .“Asia for the Asiatics’’, statement recently made by Mr Roosevelt’s secre-' tary (Mr Stephen Early), as- an encouragement (to Japanese propagandists, who had used, the shine slogan since the Manchurian invasion to arouse antagonism against Westerners, whom the Japanese regarded as an obstacle to Japanese aggression. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek said that if any stabilising power were needed in the Far East, playing a part equivalent to America’s in the western hemisphere, China was best qualified to' do so. He added that America’s rearmament would not only guarantee her own, security, but give weight to her words throughout the world. America in. f.ut-, ure must view the Far East with increasing

The Tokyo newspaper “Nichi Nichi” says in a leading article: “Japan should take over the Netherlands East Indies, evdh by fighting the TJnited States, should interference come from America.”