Shanghai, Apr. 20. SERTING that Japanese soldiers were fighting for foreigners well as Japanese in China, Mr, Masaji Yoshida, President of the Shanghai Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, yesterday replied to charges that Japanese were responsible for damage done to foreign property here.
'Mr. Yoshida' made his statement in the course of a detailed report at the annual meeting of the chamber held at 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Japanese Club in Boone Road.
"here are no reasons," he said, "for foreigners to blame the Japan-for the housing and cargo' trans portation problems during the hostilities and afterward."
Ins, Yoshida's statement, he said, was in answer to the views expressed by Mr. Calder Marshall, President of the British Chamber of Commerce, the annual general meeting of that ady on April 8, "There are many foreigners," Mr. Yoshida said, "who still are anxious and suspicious about the principle of equal opportunity or the open door policy, the nature of which has been explained many times by the Japan-Government. We and traders have often heard ironical words and complaints regarding it, "Mr. Calder Marshall also com mented on this problem in his speech delivered on April 8. Though T do not understood the technical phases Of equal opportunity based on die plomacy, 1 firmly believe that this docs not mean equal allotment of eoncessions—in other words, an equal Gistribution of assets such as that made among the children of a family. by their father.
"he open door policy means to recognize the freedom of future development while respecting vested, rights,
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