"The Times" Makes Pointed Comments London, Aug. 8 "There have lately been several indications that Japan is thinking in terms of Anglo-Japanese rapprochefy" declares "The "Times" to-day, "Proud, defiant and perhaps a iitlo light-headed," the "journal continues, "Japan faces the future but faces it alone. 'The outlook of Japan' foreign trade is far from bright, Manchoukuo provides no haven for her surplus population. Soviet Russia is viewed with growing apprehension and, even if an armed conflict is avoided, ideological and economic Clashes' between these two Powers will leave important marks on the future of the Far East."
"In the elreumstances," The Times" "adds, the renewal of some form of an AnglowJapanese alliance would be welcomed by Japan, In the recent strictures of the Tokyo daily "Asahi Shimbun" on the British, commercial policy may be seen, against a. background of Japan's decreasing foreign trade, the real motive for a desire for friendship with Great Britain, "Great Britain would welcome such 4 friendship provided the foundations include genuine and not merely nominal regard for the sovereign rights of China."—Reuter,
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