London vii Bombay, 11th May.
In ansinterview with a representative of Reuter, Baron Suyematsu, the Japanese statesman, declared, that Japan's first and chief aim was to push Russia back as far as possible, russia will never be allowed the least political or territorial hold over: Corea, whose future status will be that of a Japanese Egypt.
Some form of buffer state under Chinese sovereignty will possibly be created in Manchuria, Tapan will regard any breach of the neutrality of China as a calamity. The chief danger of this comes from Russia, who is doing things to irritate the. Chinese.
Baron Suyema'su concluded by saying that no matter what successes Japan achieved, her policy is to ensure absolute freedom to all Powers in the Far Fast, and no Occidental Power need feel the slightest anxiety that Japan is likely to suffer from swelled head.—Reuter,
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