Ber of last year decided on its own volition to prohibit the transportation of arms and munitions to China through French Indo-China," the spokesman declared.
"The Japanese Government appreciated this friendly attitude and relied on the sincerity of the French Government for the actual carrying out of that decision. However, as there was much to be regretted in the manner in which that policy was executed our government repeatedly called the attention of the French Government to the matter. During this year the Japanese Government requested the French Government on two occasions to reconsider their attitude.
"Each time the French Government promised to enforce the order prohibiting the shipments of arms. But according to reliable information Asked whether Japan intended to occupy Hainan Island, the spokesman said he could not divulge future military plans, but that if Japan should occupy the island it would not constitute a violation ' of -the Franco-Japanese Treaty of 1906.—Domei.
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