Referring to Japan's growing power, Mr. Saito said Britain once deplored the rise of the United States to a position of power and was pleased when the American Civil war l arose because of a belief that a Vice-Admiral Yamamoto expresses tion of "the calm and sympathetic attitude maintained by the J ation since ths Panay stricter caution and restraint to en-divided and weakened United States sure absolute prevention of a re-would be beneficial to Britain. currence of such an untoward in-Nevertheless, he said, when the cident in the future.
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Ty d ce-operation of the Great War, the British became grate- whole nat at this juncture is also ful that America had en to the earnestly desired in "s efforts position of a major Power. to dispel sorts or misunder-The United States, he asserted, standing and misgiving between might in the future be grateful for Jepan and a third party in connection a strong Japan as "stabilizer of peace with the China Incident, in favour in the Orient and a bulwark against o: understanding and friendl; Commur relationship, thereby turning mist "The erms of settlement Japan tune into a biessing."—Reuter
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