Tokyo, May 26.
Even assuming that Far Eastern issues are excluded from the proposed Anglo-French-Soviet Military Agreement, states the "Hochi Shimbun," independent popular daily, it will surely affect the situation in the Far East in various ways.
Commenting on a report that the British Government has decided to approve in principle an Anglo-French-Soviet Military Agreement, the journal urges the Japanese Government to watch the further development of relations between those three countries.
The proposed agreement, it is state ed, has already affected the situation the Far East, as is demonstrated by the situation at Kulangsu.
Declaring that the British decision was apparently prompted by "the recent signature of a treaty of friendship and alliance between Italy and Germany, the paper states that it is evident that relations between the Italian-German and Anglo-French blocs will become aggravated to some extent as a result of the proposed tripartite Military Agreement, "What we want to know," the paper declares, "is whether Far Eastern issues are included in the proposed agreement,
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