Tokyo, Feb. 25.
inion in Japan seems to be! divided as to whether or not an economic blockade of this country might be the next. development. in the serious situation that has resulted from the virtual defiance that Japan has hurled at the League of Nations. Many think such would certainly take tangible form should the Japanese military penetrate into North China, whatever the reasons they may adduce for such action; just as many are inclined to. believe that, because of the world economic depression and the extreme diffiewity of enforcing anything like-a blockade of Japan, such a step will never be resorted to. The Foreign Office is inclined to the latter - view, but, reading Sgeression with Soviet Russia, and Mr. Troyanovsky is counted. upon to be able to state the position of this country clearly to his Government and to secure the consent of the Kremlin to conversations that will find means for averting any
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