Views Difficult To Reconcile
(Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 21. 1 The statement made by the Japan- ;;J ese Foreign Minister, Mr Arita, in the * , Diet on the aims of Japan in China ’] has been read with great interest in . / London and it will be the-subject of careful study. In the meantime well- /'ll Informed British commentators confess to finding some of Mr Arita’s argu- iJ ments difficult to follow.
It is asked, for example, how is the outside World to reconcile Mr Arita’s claim that Chinese independence will be fully preserved, with the present policy of the Japanese Government, which, as seen from London,' clearly has the military domination of China as its aim. Loan to China. In regard to reports in London to the effect that a loan of £3,000,000 is contemplated for the support of the Chinese currency, the only statement io be obtained in official quarters is that the question of financial assistance by the British Government to China is under careful consideration.
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Northern Advocate, 23 January 1939, Page 7
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