JAPAN TO BE PREPARED "FOR THE WORST"
Prefectural Governors Exhorted by Cabinet: Army and Navy Readiness Outlined Tokyo, July 15. HE Japanese people were urged to-day by members of the Inner Cabinet" to be fully prepared for the "worst even-triality," which might occur "despite Japan's efforts to the contrary."
Led by the Premier, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, the Ministers of War, Navy and Foreign Affairs voiced this warning against an optimistic view of the situation in North China in addresses delivered before an emergency conference of prefectural governors.
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