"Unjustifiable'
Tokyo, Aug. 18, It is generally understood in well. informed circles that the unofficial reply of the Japanese Government {o'the French, notification concern: Ing' the occupation of the nine small and the Philippines, will "hi rds fung. between Indo-China through the Japanese.
Paris. towards the of month The Japanese reply, it is understood, will emphasise the fact: that these' Islands "were not only me habited by Japanese and enterprises were: nunched by them as lon ago 1917, but, inthe light of inter-ational aw, the, French claim to the islands. is unjustified.—Rengo, Japan will not send any men-of-
re ecupy the Hsets, says United
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