The Archive · 1937

China Incident

Warsaw, Nov. 7.

Had Great Britain not supported Gen. Chiang Kai-shek in the conflict between China and Japan, it would have ended long ago, declared Col. Tan Takahashi, Chief of the Chinese section of the Japanese General Staff, in an interview here to-day.

was his opinion that intervention by the United States was not to be feared, owing to America's econo. mie interests in Japan.

Col. Takahashi said Japan did not want a conflict with the Soviet but was ready to oppose every attempt at the expansion of Communism in the Far East.

The Soviet, he added, must recognize the present status of Japan on the continent and in Asia, and refrain from Communist activities or open intervention, which would mean a war between Soviet Russia and Japan.—Reuter.

"Japan is now firmly determined to fight until the Kuomintang has been completely annihilated," declared Col. Tan Tekahashi in an interview with the journal "Gaceta Polska" expedition alias reports Havas, Japanese China, he added, aims only at saving China from Communistic influence, regularizing the relations between China and Manchoukuo and providing n-w outlets for Japan's industries,

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