Tokyo Press Hint of Likely Alternatives Tokyo, Oct.
"Speculation is rife regarding the new administration in North China, but what Japan wants is not territory but China's. reconsideration of her attitude and ce-operation with Japan as enunciated by the Premier in his Diet speech." declares the "Asahi Shimbun" to-day in an" editorial headed "Guiding Principle "of the New Administration in North China."
"Therefore, it is clear," proceeds the newspaper, "that the new adminl~ stration in North China will not aim at independence from Nanking or the permanent stationing of Japanese troops in North China, "But if China refuses to reconsider her attitude "and ce-operate with Japan, and instead resorts. to pro-teneted warfare, it ig also clear that Japan cannot retreat graciously and such an eventuality, Japan will Possibly be compelled to occupy key points "in China semi-permanently with a view to conducting protracted, hostilities and urging China to reconsider. Then the new administra tion in North China will naturally. Sssume a semi-independent' char~ acter."
'Considered in this light, the journal continues, the nature of the new administration in 'North China will mainly depend on China's altitude, 'The best possibility, it declares, is the birth of an' autonomous 19eal administration which will be event ually controlled by the Central Government of China, while the worst eventuality is a_semi-permanent organization and an. administration of a semi-independent nature.
Therefore, the "Asahi" adds, "the guiding principle of the new administration "in. North China must be sought along lines which will sult either possibility."—Reutes,
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