Mr, Kenji Kodama Says Open Door Must Be Observed Tokyo, Oct. 29.
Japan had no territorial ambitions in China, and all rights and interests of foreign countries in China would be respected, declared Mr. Kenji Kodama, chairman of the Japan Federation of Foreign Trade Asso-dations and former ly Governor of the Yokohama Specie Bank, in an interview with foreign correspondents.
Japanese businessmen, he said, were not in a position to touch on the terms of peace for the termination of the present Sino-Japanese conflict.
He added, however, that "as a fundamental condition of peace, we desire that Japan should acquire a sure guarantee to stop the recurrence of anti-Japanese movements, under which Japan has always suffered heretofore. Japan also must have certain measures whereby Japan can ce-operate with China, especially in those regions where Communistic influence is strong."
The first essential to fulfil these conditions, he stated, was the establishment of a strong Chinese Government which would receive the confidence of both- Chinese and foreigners and which would adopt a friendly attitude towards Japan.
He said Mr. John Hay's doctrine of the Open Door in China must be strictly observed, but that "a certain extension of its interpretation must be added to assure the economic activity of foreigners in the interior of China, especially in those regions where Japanese economic interests are mostly affected."—Reuter.
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