The fundamental plank of Japan's foreign policy, it is stated here, is to guard against joint Anglo-American action in the Far East, and one of the principal reasons for Japan's fear of involvement in a European war seems to be the belief that this would inevitably draw in the United States.
The position in the foreign areas in Shanghai is arousing great interest, especially in view of the Foreign. Office spokesman's reiteration today that their sovereignty belonged to China, and in view of the implication: in his statement that it was only by Japan's good grace that this sovereignty had not been superseded.
it is felt that the best hope that the status of the foreign areas will remain unaffected is the apprehension that such a step would draw in the United States against Japan.
Reuter.
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