Washington, Jan. 29.
Germany is ce-operating with Japan in consolidating Japan's territorial gains in East Asia, Mr. T. A. Bisson, expert in Far Eastern affairs, stated today in a report for the Foreign Policy Association.
He affirmed that the Reich and Italy hope to obtain "privileged Positions" in any eventual Japan-China-Manchoukuo bloc but their cooperation with Japan threatens to "widen the scope of attacks against Western possessions in the Far East."—Havas.
The spokesman reiterated that the ships had been stopped by the Customs vessel from unloading cargo. consisting of matches, paper and kerosene, into junks, although he ultimately admitted that a Japanese man-of-war was in the vicinity. The Japanese navy was interested because the army occupied the mainland.
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