Tokyo, May 9 Japan is convinced that ell danger: of an armed clash between this coun-fey and Soviet Russia has safely passed, persistent rumours abroad to the contrary notwithstanding.
No responsible person here seriously regards such a conflict as likely to occur in the near future.
Even among the masses there are few who entertain any apprehension of an, Likewise the army ig little danger responsible an emeer as General Koiso, chief of Staff of the forces in Manchoukuo up to a few months ago, and. regarded one of the most outspoken and influential men in the army, refuses to take talk of war seriously.
Paradoxical though it may seem, the thing which more than anything else has convinced the Japanese that there will be no war, were the fiery speeches of Bluecher, Stain, Voroshi-Jov and other Soviet leaders, warning the world of the danger of war and pridefully pointing out how fully prepared the Russians are.
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