JAPAN’S TERMS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 6

JAPAN’S TERMS

ENDING CHINA “DISPUTE” STATED BY PRINCE KONOYE. ABOLITION OF CONCESSIONS INCLUDED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) TOKIO, December 22. The Premier (Prince Konoye) announced that Japan’s terms to end the China “dispute” included her abandonment of extra-territorial rights, the abilition of the foreign concessions and China's participation in the anti-Com-munist bloc. Japan did not intend to establish an economic monopoly in China. FOODSTUFFS ADMITTED. SHANGHAI, December 22. It is reported that the Japanese have now withdrawn the restrictions of the entry of foodstuffs to the foreign concessions in Hankow and Tientsin. FACILITIES DEMANDED. DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE RESOURCES. (Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) TOKIO, December 22. Prince Konoye added that after China had joined the anti-Comintern Pact, Japanese troops would be stationed at various places throughout China an an insurance. Inner Mongolia would be designated as a special anti-Communist area. China must recognise Japanese rights, of free residence and trade and extend facilities for the development of resources, especially in North China and Inner Mongolia. Japan sought neither territory nor an indemnity. She wanted merely China’s participation in the building up of a new order.