Tokyo, June 19, Japanese press is becoming increasingly exercised over alleged foreign help to Chi In this connection Great Britain is being indirectly attacked, but France, like Soviet Russi is being openly denounced. The Nichi Nich in an article today, says that the statement made by the Foreign Minister, General Ugaki, on Friday—that some Powers are prolonging the conflict by en~ couraging China-~is understood to be a warning to certain countries.
It France Is not really assisting Hankow, the newspaper asserts, she uust prove it by facts and not mero statements, Especial prominence is given by} Japanese newspapers to thu alleged Jeonstruction by China and Russia of fa railway from Chungking fo Sinkiang via Chinghai. This line, it is stated would bring China's war-time: capital within 67 hours of Moscow.
'The "Asahi" accuses France of{ forgetting the spirit of the Franco-Japanese understanding of 1907, under which the contracting' parties under-{took to assure peace and security in the regions adjacent to their own] territories, Japan, therefore, the newspaper argues, is entitled to a [tree hand in Hainan—Reuter,
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