Foreign Powers Must Take It Or Leave It rowing cognizance by there Powers of Japan's position in East Asia "whether they like it or not" is becoming apparent, Mr. Masayuki Tani, Japanese Minister-at-Large in Shanghai declared at a farewell press inter-w held on Thursday at his official residence on Route Pichon.
M Tani received instructions on Wednesday to return to Tokyo.
Recalling the attitude of the Powers at the time of his arrival here in March, Mr. Tani said that some of them were "so misled" as seriously to consider the possibility of China emerging victorious in the conflict.
The development of the "Provisional Governments" at Peiping and the "Reformed" Government at Nanking was pointed out by the envoy as one of the main factors in the changing attitude of the Powers.
Seeing far-reaching possibilities in the work of the Asia Development Board, Mr. Tani was confident that "a new spirit of ce-operation between Japan, Manchoukuo and China will further hasten the systematic construction of China."
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