Paris, Jan. 22.
Considerable stir was caused here to-day following the publication of statements made on the situation of Shanghai by General Iwane Matsui, Commander-in-Chief of Japanese forces in Central and South China, to a journalist representing the political magazine "Kaizo.
In the meantime. the Japanese Embassy has released a communique stating that no official confirmation of the interview had been received here.
The communique pointed out that the interview is said to have taken place in the feverish atmosphere which followed the capture of Nanking after desperate battles, and that the General had probably expressed a soldier's viewpoint.
"Concerning Japan's policy," the note concluded, "International opinion must only consider the declarations of the Imperial Government who are solely responsible."
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