The fundamental principles of Japan's policy towards China 1935 form the subject of 2.engthy article to-day in the "Osaka Mainichi" by the paper's politico! corres pondent, Declaring that these prin. ciples are expected to ts based upon efforts to show China the necessity of throwing overboard her are-old traditional polley of befriending distant states and antaganising her neighbours, the correstion is not the chief means of solve ing the problem of China's dense population—Reuter. pondent gives nine salian: points which the Foreign Oflce will take into account in the formation of Japan's policy towards Chins, Taese points he enumerates asi—L—Maintenance of China's Me tegrity, hoping that the first. stopa will be the extermination if Come munists and the curbing of all anti foreign. agitation.
2—Formal negotiations for restor-Ing. Sino-Japanese relations to car-malay.
—While the Japanese overnment traditionally "has stood for non-intervention in China's internal Jdissensions and neutrality in her {nc~ tonal sivife, nevertheless Japan 's prepared to extend political, economic, military, and any other sid. any individuals ov groups of sumelen? feullbre to assume full responsibility for a unified China.
4—Japan gladly will exchange Am= bassadors, and unhesitatingly will Jenter into a Sino-Japsnese pact imilar to the Japan-Manchoukuo protocol, providing China realises "the interdependence of herself and Japan Jand recognises her position as an important cog in the peace of the Far East, instead of leaning solely upon 'S.—Japan would prefer, in connec-ton with Far Eastern poiftieal ques-oris, to enter into a separate pact with' China, as "she mo longer can recognise the principle of multilateral Pacts similar to the Nine-Power 'Treaty, which admit of third parties'
Respecting military problems in the' Far East, Japan desires China to give a pledge not to appeal to the League of Nations—even to withdraw Som the League—ana also to replace European and American advisers by japanese.
'7.—Japan considers the formation of a bloc between China, Manchoukuo, fand Japan imperative, in which con: nueetion she is prepared to accord (China extensive financial aid.
8—It China shows suflcient sincerity in regard to all the previously mentioned points, Japan is prepared to make the North China truce agreement into a permanent treaty and to establish a permanent neutral zone [between China and Manchoukuo, 9.—Japan considers, in connection with 1 possible bilateral Sino-Japan-Jose Treaty, that appropriate negotla-Vene should start' six months after March 27, the date upon which Japan's withdrawal from the League becomes eflective—Reuter,
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