"Shun Pao"
'That the appointment of Mr. Koki Hirota as the new Foreign Minister of Japan, does not imply'a change in Janan's policy towards China because, actually speaking,—the foreign' policy of the Japanese Government is dictated "by. military clique headed by Araki, the Minister of War contention of the "Shun Pao" in ity leading article on Sept. 20 "So long. as the Japanese military Headers think their military. eat aizns have been. suecessfal "the Foreign police will remain unchang-matter who is appointed 6 the "Foreign, portfolio" remarks. "Therefore itis safe to conclude that SinoJapanese rela tions can never be matter who becomes Sen Minister unt Fogle their tamdery give one. the impression that.
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hirota actually "has a mew foreign policy in mind; ut, from the ese point of view, Mr, Hirota. {ollowing the same policy as Count Uchida so far as China is concerned, The difference is that Count Uchida favoured a negative policy while Mr. Hi sta plans. "a, positive "one! The fo ter preferred 'a. wait-and-7 and. the latter is plan aduee Chine to improve her the—Livotung Peninsr China after the Russo-Japan. var it was Mr. Hirota she st -agly opposed the _proposition that Japan should never return that territory to China, which ter much' blood-
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