Tokyo, Mar. 8.
The Foreign Minister, Mr. Hirota and the War Minister, General Sugiyama, reiterated before the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives that Japan is determined to continue the campaign in China to a successful conclusion.
Mr. Hirota declared that no peace negotiations with China were in progress. He stated that there would be no possibility of a third power intervening in future since Japah has declined to recognize or enter int: negotiations with General Chiang Kai-shek—Trans-Ocean.
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