"Going to the bottom of the whole issue, the China Incident ought te have been settled long ago but for the assistance extended to the Gen. Chiang Kai-shek regime by third Powers, and consequently the pending questions between Britain and Japan ought to have died a natural death a long time ago; Referring to the reply of Lord Halifax to the debate in the House of Lords that the Government had decided not to make a loan to China but proposals for exports credit would be considered on their merit the "Asahi" said "British aid to Chiang Kai-shek, though unsubstantial, would only serve to prolong Chiang -shek's needless resistance und add o the difficulty of settling pending: questions between Britain and Japan.
"If she means safegua interests in China." the jour cluded, "Britain should try to under stand Japan's position since the outbreak of hostilities in its true light and formulate a policy in keeping with the realities,"—Dome Son of Yuan Shih-kai Yokohama, July 29.
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