Calling attention in this connection to Japan's recent demands for increased influence in the administration of the International Settlement, the paper declares that Japan is missing no opportunity for asserting its authority in the Settlement and a regular series of events, beginning with the parade of Japanese troops through the Settlement and ending with the latest assaults, provides sufficient evidence of the methods resorted to.
"In times of peace"—the paper continues—"Britain, the United States and other powers would certainly be willing to consider the Japanese demands in view of the changed status but under the present conditions those cannot be respected because Japan has no right to make them.
The "Daily Mail" expresses the opinion that the latest Japanese activities can scarcely be expected ty have a favourable influence on Britain and the United States when they come to consider the Japanese demands for increased representation on the administrative organs of the International Settlement.
The "Daily Express" predicts that the time is not far distant when the
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