Tokyo, Dee. 12.
Mr. H, Arita, the Foreign Minister. to-day again publicly denied that the conclusion of an anti-Communist pact with Germany. signified that Japan was. drifting towards becoming totalitarian state, "To us who are aware that our nation hag at its head an Emperor of lineage unbroken through the ages:
who realize that our state Is based upon a constitution of a digni-fled character without equal in the world, the insinuation that, in en= tering into this agreement, we were joining a bloc of Fascist nations, is indeed laughable." he declared, Mr. Arita made this declaration open alr meeting in Hibiya Park, attended by some 30,000 persons, held to celebrate the conclusion of the agreement on November 25. A lantern parade was held at night.
The agreement. the Foreign Minis for said, was designed to safeguard the security of the Japanese Empire in particular, and of East Asia as a whole, Anti-Japanese Popular Front Referring to the creation of popular fronts in various nations as the result of the resolutions adopted at the Comintern meeting last, year Mr, Arita alleged that the "anti Japanese popular front in China was responsible for the aggravation of Sino-Japanese relations.
In Manghoukuo and in Japan. he continued, evidences of "renewed Comintern activities have increased noticeably lately.
"This agreement is designed solely. to protect our two countries against the activities of the Comintern," he went on. "It has no other objective, Allegations that it is directed. against one specific country or group of countries, or that Japan is joining Fascist bloc in opposition to demo-Gratic. states are baseless. Now that Japan has taken' this "positive! measure for defence against Come
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