Mr. Hirota also referred to the assurances made by Mr. Michael Slavutsky, the newly appointed Soviet Ambassador, that the "Soviet Union has absolutely no intention of intervening in. the Sino-Japanese conflict,"
The interpellation was made by Dr. Gotaro Ogawa, a Minseito leader, who asked Mr. Hirota \for information regarding an alleged Sino-Soviet secret accord, the danger of "China becoming a second Spain," and the possibility, of the bolshevization of the Nanking Government and the Chinese military.
Turning to North China, Mr Hirota said he thought it necessary to make the-area "a bright and comfortable region for China, Japan and
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