Tokyo, Nov. 29.
RITAIN is forfeiting her right ts and interests in China by her continued policy of favouring the regime of Gen. Chiang Kaishek, Lieut,-Gen. Hideki Tejo, Vice-Minister of War, believes.
An Anglo-Japanese rapprochement, he told munitions manufacturers here yesterday, will be possible only when Great Britain realises the need for ce-operation and conciliation with Japan "by looking at the new realities of East Asia in the face."
Occasional British overtures of trigndship: the Vice-Ministet" of War dleeared, wets only inspired by London's desire to safeguard her" rights Snd interests in Chino.
France, Lieut-Gen, 'Tejo continued, was following the British' example in {Shing in consideration of the situation Msperegsed Soviet assistance towards tne Chinese. nationalist regime, Coupled with more vigorous efforts to Seltheviae China, were forecast. by Lieut-Gen, Tejo The Soviets Alm The exhaustion of Ching, as a result of the preterit -hostilties, the YVicecinister of War said, would be ihe'signal for 4 renewed deve by the Soviets to turn the country Ted.
With this aim in. view, "together with an attempt to wear down Japan, the Soviet Union. was. charged by Lieut-Gan, Tejo to be striving make the Sino-Jepanese hostilities as protracted as possible Soviet leaders, he continued, wore preparing for an "inevitable" lash With Japan by" strengthening arma-Iments of the Russian Far Hast forces veloping heavy Andustres, readjust: ting. transport. and. communications facies and carrying out "purges.
Arms will continue to be supplied tothe. Chiang regime" by Britain, France and the Soviet Union, utilising Fowles: through. French Indo-China, Burma, wand. Sinkiang. Lieut-Gen. Tejo declared.
'Turning to the attitude of the United States, the Vice-Minister of War drow the tention of his an. lence to. Washington's persistence' fidheting to old trentes, which Lieut Gen, Tejo. claimed, did aot conform vith anew situation Trouble for Many Kears China's hinterland, the Vice-Minis~ ter of War continued, would remain Infested by various _anti-Sapanese bodies even after the collapse of the regime of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, with the result that the situation in East Asia would remain "virtually the same" for many years to come:
Japan, he went on, would be unable to' bury the hatchet until the present nationalist administration is obliterated so that a new order may de established in Bast Asi While the Chinese nationalist armies were badly demoralized, Lieut.-Gen. 'Tejo asserted, their number was still large, with 1,000,000 regulars under arms' in addition' to 500,000 guerittas active behind the Japanese lines. In such circumstances, the Vice-Minister of War said, Japanese military opera. tions in China will be continued vigorously as ever—Domei.
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