Tokyo, Dee, 17.
Happiness over newspaper reports of the safety of Gen. Chiang Kal-alick, was expressed to-day by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, it was understood. He informed the Chinese Ambassador to Japan, however, that he was watching developments Ju China with concern, The Tokyo "Nich! Nichi" reported that Mr. Arita told the Ambassador "In the event of press reports being true, Japan expects China to take and effective measures against seeptance of Bolshevism. Japan holds that the Bolshevization of a neighbouring state would menace considerably the safety of Japan and the pence of East Asia."
emphasized, however, that Japan would continue to maintain a *watehful waiting" polley until reports from China are elarifled.—United Press,
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