Tokio, May 16.
Count Uchida, the Foreign Minister, in a statement here today, said: "There is no reason to presuppose any change in the situation or the necessity for any change in the attitude of the policy _of Japan in Manchuria because of "'the recent announcement of independence. Of course, the interests of Japan in that province are very large but the relations between the Chinese people in Manchuria and the Japanese have been increasingly cordial throughout the last 15 years. So long as life and property are safeguarded there is no reason why we should
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