'The amazing pamphlet containing charges against foreign Powers, especially Great Britain and the Soviet, which has just been issued by the Japanese War Ofice, attempt to justify a huge armaments budget and the need for a. strong' army, accuses Britain of interfering with Japan's "continental policy" at every turn, and. showing & marked tendency to impair the establishment of peace in East Asia and the realisation of a rapprochement. between Japan and China. The altitude of the Soviet is described as "undisguisedly challenging and provoking." while the "hearts de-Sire" of the United States is to obtain control of the Pacific Ocean and increase its hold on the Chinese market, It is an old bogey familiar Japan, but, nevertheless, calculated to make some -appeat to! those of the masses who are not able to appreciate world. tendencies to the fullest. The views of Mr. Hachiro Arita, the Japanese Foreign Minister, are' different. "Towards Great Britain." he said in his. speech in the Diet, "our policy of Strengthening our traditional relations remains unchanged." He des cribes Japan's relations with the United States os happily improving of late. There appears, therefore, ta be two views held in Japan, one: in which the military clique regard most everyone as deadly and! threatening enemies, and the civilian waleh realises: the other view to be hopelessly incorrect. While the military pamphlet may cause some sensation in Japan itself, itis not likely to be received with more than a raised eyebrow by. the nations which are thus attacked, though it is clear that the Tokyo! Foreign Office may sooner or later bbe embarrassed by a polite enquiry 'a5 to who is the official spokesman for the Japanese Government on the subject of foreign affairs.
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