Washington, Nov. 2. ALTHOUGH officials were silent on Tokyo's alleged policy of "Asia for Asiatics," the announcement created an impression here today that it possibly cloaks an ambition of "Asia for Japan" since it climaxes a long period of territorial acquisitions.
The generally accepted American point of view was that many occidental trade and treaty rights existed before the Japanese entry into the Chinese field and thus it would be an injustice to make any attempt to eject the owners of the present territorial possessions in China.
A foreign Office spokesman of the Japanese Government said at Tokyo that Asiatic races do not believe that clude the restoration of peace and order and educational policies—
Reuter, Asia should be: a zone for western Mr. Liang for Tokyo expansion. He emphasized that this was his personal opinion and not an Official statement.
The spokesman's belief, however, was accepted in American circles as an indication that Japan was planning to revoke the Nine-Power Treaty.
^A Justification Tokyo's pronouncement, expressed in an official statement after the Foreign Office spokesman had unofficially declared the "Asia for the Asiatics" policy, gave the impression here that it was intended to justify Japan's military operations in China, instead of being a reasonable and practical doctrine.
Officials here earlier indicated privately that they felt the United States was especially qualified to -judge the slogan objectively since the United States had agreed to withdraw voluntarily from the Philippines in 1946, and therefore cannot be accused of having territorial ambitions in the Orient, Government authorities here added that America's extension of independence to the Philippines was not tantamount to a waiver on established American treaty interests and equal commercial opportunities throughout Asia inasmuch as these are held inviolable there and elsewhere.
Threats to Rights "The Japanese dictum is regarded here as an ostensible threat to such American rights in Asia because it implies the exclusion of occidental powers from Asia, which is regarded here as an injustice.
Authoritative quarters here con tended it would be a fallacy if Japan assumed her dictum parallels America's Monroe Doctrine. Government leaders here pointed out that the Monroe Doctrine expressly excluded numerous European territorial possessions in the phrase "with regard to the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power in the New World, we have not interfered and shall not interfere."
Officials here pointed out that Britain, France and the Netherlands still retain two or more dependencies in the Americas, They also pointed out that no European or Asiatic powers had been deprived of their normal trade relations in the American. hemisphere by the United tes.—United Press.
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