Tokyo, Oct. 8. Is activities in China, being of a self-defensive nature, do not form a violation of the Kellog and the Nine-Power Pacts, high officials of the Foreign Ministry indicated to-day. There has been no change in the Japanese Government's contention that the Sino-Japanese dispute should be solved directly between the two nations, they emphasized. The Foreign Office, Domei learned, will shortly issue a statement clarifying Japan's position towards the Nine-Power Pact.
While the exact date when the statement is to be issued was not disclosed, it was learned that a statement setting forth Japan's actual intentions with regard to the China incident will probably
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