Tokyo, Jan, 19.
"To make an enemy of everyone is not good diplomacy," says the "Asahi Shimbun" version of the interview given to pressmen yesterday by the Premier, Prince Konoye.
"Great Britain, for example," the newspaper continues, "is a most realistic nation and it has changed its policy with every change of the situation. We must avoid hasty conclusions such as that which declares that the Chinese problem cannot be solved unless we strike at Britain.
"The same argument holds good in the case of Soviet Russia," the "Asahi Shimbun" concludes.
In Prince Konoye's interview, he declared that the "Japanese Government will henceforth not deal with the Nationalist Government as the other party in talks for a readjustment of Sino-Japanese relations. It will pursue military operations, however, to overthrow that regime in the expectation that a new Chinese regime will grow up and become party to such talks."
The Premier declined to state whether the new Chinese regime would be established during the first half of the year but declared that Japan must accelerate its organization, which might go through 8 similar process as that of Manchoukuo, but it would be different when it was established.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.