"We Japanese as citizens of a vie torious nation should feel pity for the Nationalist regime, which has come to such a miserable condition, We should pity the Chinese people who are incessantly gravitating between emotions of joy and sorrow according to' the nature of the false reports which are. being circulated among them.
"Some of the foreign language newspapers, which certainly must have staffs' possessed of a certain standard of insight, have displayed a remarkable tendency lately to publish series of deceptive articles, giving credit to various news agencies "Two other examples of false reports which may be quoted at random are those which said that a Japanese commander in South China who really returned home because of Illness) was wounded in action, and that Gen. Kazushige Ugaki, form-Minister of Foreign Affairs, had committed suicide.
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Arms for Guerilas trigues of the Chinese, which aim al the alienation from Japan of such the spokesman then went on to say countries as Britain, America and that he believed that third "Powers France, are playing the part of cat's were maintaining @ neutral attitude, Paws for the benefit of China, out that. certain individuals, with or "Publication of these false Chinese without the connivance of their gov-reports displays a lack of intelligence, fernments, were engaged in businesses 'A member of the staff of a certain detrimental to. the Japanese, such as foreign language newspaper, in a con-providing arms to guerillas." He had versation with me, said that the edi-Rot seen' such. cases with his own tors, although convinced of the unre-eyes, but was speaking from information obtained. lability of Chinese propaganda, were publishing the repens because if they 'A correspondent, referring to state-did not do so, their papers would not ments in the Tokyo press that Great [Britain had been aiding the 'Chinese (Government, asked if that was. con-{rary to Admiral Nomura's opinion, 10 which he relotted that. he was not responsible. for what the' Japanese
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