Tokyo, Oct. 1.
Japan must be fully prepared to resort to force if necessary. This, in nutshell, is the stand the leaders of the Japanese Army are reported to be taking in connection with the Sino-Japanese situation. A. confer-fence of military leaders yethered at Sapporo, in Hokkaido, for the Army monquvres, was held' to-day, among. those attending being Gen. Count Ter auch, Minister for War, Major-Gen-coal isogai, Director of' the Military Affairs Bureau of the War Office, and Lieutenant-General Nishio, As: sistant Chief of the Army General Staff, The, conference, says the "Nichi Nichi," discussed the measures to be token in the event of a Sino-Japanese rupture. Tt was agreed that Japan, did not want Mr. Kawagoe to negotiate with anyone except Gen. Chiang Kai-shek. Mr. Kawagoe, it was further agreed, first of all should demand a fundamental change in China's guilding principles in dealing with Japan, rather than concrete measures, after which the principles should be translated into practice. Should Gen, Chiang Kai-shek lack sincerity, or refuse to translate these Principles into action, Japan should break off negotiations with China end initiate, by every means necessary, a new policy, which would include the gradual execution Sino-Japanese economic ce-operation throughout China generally, and in North China particularly.
Japan, says the "Yomiuri," must be prepared either for peace or war, Much, it adds, depends upon Gen. Chiang Kal-shek's ability to control the attitude of the Nanking leaders.
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