Brussels, Nov, 2.
A statement was issued to-day by the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Kurussu, announcing that Japan firmly rejects the idea of outside mediation in the Far-Eastern crisis.
Japan is ready for direct negotiations with China, the statement continued, on condition China halts anti-
Japanese propaganda and stifles Communist influence, "Suppose the United States and Mexico were involved in a dispute, and Japan, Great Britain and othe: powers met at Brussels to settle i the statement said. "Would the United States attend? I think not.
"Japan and China are grown-up nations with their own culture, and are able to straighten out their difficulties themselves. It is an insult to the, ideals of civilization to suggest they cannot."—United Press.
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