The Archive · 1934

British View of Tokyo Declaration

(Continued from page 134.) movement to make preparations for a ferisis in. 1936.

He explained that the Tokyo declateusn means that Japan wants the Geague of Notions and other inter-nce \o China which may be harmful omers not to permit any aseit-

Mr. Hirota said that the Japanese Government' were exercising car? not to fall to respect the sovereignty fof the Republic, and had no intention of violating it under any cor-

Remarking that some observers suspected Japan of violating the Open Door policy, the Japanese Foreign Minister assured Gen. Chiang that Japan was most eager to observe "this International principle" for it was Japan who had suffered severely from the boycott which was a veritable violation of the principle of the Open Door and equal opportunity."

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