Rome, Oct, 31 the exception of a certain military clique stationed in China, Japanese generally are anxious to end the "punitive expedition" before it grows beyond present proportions. The Tokyo Government openly has' professed that it does not want to crush China, but to "force her ce-operation with Japan," and by the same token, to force her away from Moscow.
In some circles, it was suggested that Japanese leaders fear that if the war.is permitted to progress to a showdown, Japan will be forced to penetrate China so deeply that she might become vulnerable to Russian attack.
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