JAPANESE AIMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23233, 30 December 1938, Page 9

JAPANESE AIMS

FUTURE OF CHINA ANTI-COMMUNIST FRONT ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION PRINCE KONOYE'S SPEECH f [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOC! ATIOX] ■WELLINGTON, Thursday Japan's objectives in China, as set out in a speech by the Prime Minister of Japan, Prince Konoye, on December 22, are made plain through the receipt by the Japanese Consul-General at Wellington, Mr. K. Gunji, of the following cable message from Tokio giving the full text of Prince Konoye's speech: "Tho Japanese Government is resolved, as has been clearly set forth in two previous statements issued this year, to carry on military operations for tho complete extermination of the anti-Japanese Kuomintang Government and at the same time to proceed with the work of establishing a new order in East Asia, together with those far-sighted Chinese who share in our ideals and aspirations. Common Defence "A spirit of renaissance i* now sweeping over all parts of China, and the Japanese Government desires to make public its basic policy for adjusting the relations between Japan and China in order that its intentions may be thoroughly understood both at home and abroad. "Japan, China and Manchukuo will be united by the common aim of establishing a new order in East- Asia and realising a relationship of neighbourly amity and common defence against Communism and of economic co-opera-tion. "For that purpose it is necessary first of all that China should cast aside all narrow and prejudiced views belonging to the past and do away with the folly of. antijJapanism. and resentment regarding Manchukuo. In other words, Japan frankly desires China to enter of her own will into complete diplomatic relations with Manchukuo. Fact Essential "The existence of Communist influence in East Asia cannot be tolerated. Japan therefore considers it an essential condition of the adjustment of Sino-Japanese relations that there should be concluded an anti-Communist agreement between the two countries in consonance with the spirit of the anti-Communist agreement between Japan, Germany and Italy.

"In order to ensure the full accomplishment of her puirpose, Japan demands, in view of the actual circumstances prevailing in China, that Japanese troops shall be stationed as an anti-Communist measure at specified points during the time the said agreement is in force, and also that the Inner Mongolia region be designated as a special anti-Communist area. Third Powers "As regards economic relations between the two countries, Japan does not intend to exercise an economic monopoly in China, nor does she intend to demand that China shall limit the interests of those third Powers who grasp the meaning of the new East Asia and are willing to act accordingly. "Japan only seeks to render effective co-operation and collaboration between the two countries. That is to say, Japan demands that China, in accordance with the principle of equality between the two countries, should recognise freedom of residence and trade on the part of Japanese subjects in the interior of China, with a view to promoting the economic interests of both peoples, and that, in the light of the historical and economic relations between the two nations, China should extend to Japan facilities for the development of China's natural resources, especially in the regions of North China and Inner Mongolia. No Indemnity Sought "The above gives the general lines of what Japan demands of China. If the true object of Japan in conducting the present vast military campaign he fully understood, it will be plain that what she seeks is neither territory nor indemnity for the costs of the military operations. Japan demands only the minimum guarantee needed for the execution by China of her function as a participant in the establishment of the new order. "Japan not only respects the sovereignty of China, but she is prepared to give positive consideration to the questions of the abolition of extraterritoriality and of the rendition of concessions and settlement, matters wdiich are necessary for the full independence of China."

AMERICAN RIGHTS TRADERS UP IN ARMS JAPANESE INTERFERENCE SHANGHAI, Dec. 28 The United States Chamber of Commerce at Tientsin lias cabled the State Department at Washington, enumerating 10 examples of disregard by Japanese of American rights in North China. They include monopolies, export embargoes and exchange control. The chamber has urged similar measures against Japanese trade, also retaliation when the expected ban on foreign imports is introduced. INDUSTRY IN JAPAN MEASURES FOR CONTROL REPLACEMENT. OF WOOL (Received December 20, 5.5 p.m.) TOKIO, Dec. 28 Six ordinances have been made under the national mobilisation law to control wages and hours, restrict dividends and profits and permit the requisitioning of factories, land and commodities. It is announced that staple fibre will replaco wool for army reservists' uniforms, although for the present it is intended to continue the use of wool for uniforms for active service. PEACE TERMS REJECTED CHUNGKING, Dec. 28 Marshal Chiang Kai-shek . says Japan's peace terms are not acceptable, as they would mean China's complete surrender.