DESIRE FOR PEACE
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT MORE MARKETS NEEDED TOKIO. May 5 The Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, in the Diet to-day laid stress upon Japan's desire for peace in East Asia and the Pacific, and a furtherance of amity between America ans Japan. He said that neither Japan nor Manchukuo harboured aggressive designs. The Japanese Government was greatly concerned about the inroads of the Communist influence into East Asia and was watching developments with a view to the likelihood of the Red armies marching northward. The Minister alluded to the need of raw materials and extended markets for finished products, and stated that if the difficulties were not removed by friendly means Japan might be compelled to adopt necessary measures. & The Soviet's maintenance of excessive armaments at remote outposts in the Far East constituted a real menace to which Japan could not remain indifferent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22412, 7 May 1936, Page 11
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