The advertisement urges Japan to turn down every move Great Britain may make and refuse to deal. with her altogether if she does not give the pledges which Japan should demand.
Great Britain, it says, may make various demonstrations, but the Japanese people should not be surprised by threats. "Moreover, if Great Britain assumes an attitude too unbearable to Japan, the Japanese people should be determined definitely to chastise such an attitude,"
"We demand those of the Japanese people who are afraid of Great Bri-lain to withdraw from the first line and be replaced by those who are not afraid of her," the advertisement concludes, A summary of the advertisement follows:—
"Japan's relations with the Powers have been becoming more serious as the fighting in China has progressed. We must remember that several Powers have been enabling China to offer prolonged resistance against Japan. Excepting the Soviet Union, the anti-Japanese and pro-Chiang Kai-shek-attitude of Great Britain is the most outspoken. We shall not forget the fact that, through various international activities, Great Britain has consistently taken anti-Japanese action, and. has led world opinion against Japan in support of China.
"Of course, Japan has from the start announced that she would ave respect for the vested rights and interests of the Powers in China, but this assurance applied to those Powers which were strictly neutral.
"Powers which have helped the National Government have to face abandonment of their vested rights and interests in China. It is clear that Japan should not be obliged to respect their vested rights and interests.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.