Washington, Dec. 26, Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, whose recent speech on Japan jereated national "and international repercussions, said to-day that news Paper quotations of his statements failed to follow the text. He added that he intended to make a speech jin the Senate soon, replying to the Statement of the" Japanese Am-[bassador, Mr. H_ Saito, urging Amer-{ean citizens "not to, take Senator Pitiman too seriously."
Although the Senator, after ling the speech, re-afirmed his st Jments in response to inquiries the press. he modified the tone of his declarations to-day. "The Las Vegas discussion," he said, led to the apparent aspirations of the present milliary government of Japan for control of western Asia, which [would possibly extend taier to control of the Pacific Islands. I said that, "in the course of time, this! might go further and that, if the' aspirations of the military government continued and. it remained in.
Jpower, it was not impossible that the United States would be called jupon some time to take action to protect its citizens and the people Wwho depend upon the United States for protection."—United Press.
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