Japanese Unwilling to Complicate China War Rights Insisted Upon Japan will not seek to provoke war with any third party es such action tends to retard the progress of the "crusade" in China, an unnamed "high personage" was quoted in the local Japanese press as stating yesterday in a lengthy discussion of the effects of European tension in Shanghai.
"However, should the Settlement or the Concession deliberately be turned into a base for anti-Japanese machinations or should there be indications that the anti-Comintern Pact would be jeopardized by local activities, it is' likely that Japan will take /effective and adequate steps, rega/dless of the circumstances, so that the objective of the crusade may be achieved," the dailies quoted the person as saying.
The Settlement and Concession authorities, the reports continued, were alleged to be "deliberately denying the neutrality" of the two areas by "assuming a discriminatory attitude towards the Japanese on practically every subject."
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