N.Y.K. Officers Walk Out: Seven Demands: No Ordinary Seamen Are Involved "The Chinese people are thus gel ting a better understanding of Japan," Mr, Horinouchi declared.
"But that does not help Chinese newspapers in understanding Japan," Mr, Selsuo Kotanl, Minseito, asserted.
Mr. Kotani also asked if the Gove ernment hed "definite plans to shake hands with the people of China so to brighten up the relations between the two countries.
Soviet "Complex"
In reply to a question, the Premier, Gen. Senjuro Hayashi, declared that the Japanese Government—would endeavour to ease the frontier situa tion between the Soviet Union and Manchoukuo and said he did not believe that the Soviet Union hed "a Provocative intent™ towards Japan.
Soviet troops in the Far East, he said, are "obsessed with a superiority complex," which, he added, "tempted them 10' cross the frontier."
Under such conditions, it was! necessary for Japan to increase her strength in Manchuria.
Vice-Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, Minister of the Navy, declared that the Japanese Navy now had selentife equipment "as eflleient, if not more 30 in some respects," as other navies, He also revealed that a concrete plan had' been worked out by the Navy and the Army to defend Tokyo and other important cities against alr raids, Tolcyo, Mar, 1. Kaisha to-night in Yokohama, Seven vessels of the Mipgon Yun Kobe and Osaka, os their officers charged the management of Japan's Yargest shipping concern with "lose majesta."
The unique strike was called by the Melrokal, "an organization of
of the concern. 'The management officers serving aboard the @8 vessels the NAK. to-day described it as group. of Fascist officers—fanatics backed by a certain thought' body." No ordinary seamen are involved in the walk-out, The Melrokai charged the company with committing "ese majeste™ by falling to dress its ships in Kobe and Osaka on Oct, 29 last, when the Emperor reviewed the Grand Fleet in the Osaka Bay.
'A. set of seven demands was presented by representatives of the organization {o the management of the concern this morning, With the "exception three demands, the nature of which was not disclosed, the terms included:
Determination of the responsibility for the "at fence": Ichment of the re-]
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