Tokyo, Feb. 4.
Japan will reject the recent notes from the United States, Britain and France protesting against Japan's denunciation of the Nine Power Pact and her efforts to arrange a unilateral settlement of problems involving third Powers in China, the "Konumin Shimbun" reported today.
The paper said Japan would reply to the three notes within the next week, justifying her stand on the grounds that "foreign machinations" in China were responsible for the The Japanese reply will make the following points, the paper predicted:
Japan rejects proposals for an international conference on China problems. toward China, re dor Japan will reaffirm her basic hey third Powers s except where
military necessity.
must be violated for reasons of
stabi East Asia" through her inbutini "eternal world peace by Japan will declare that she is contri-
vasion of China and attacks upon a Chinese Government by the Democratic Powers, Japan will deny that she is responsible for the breakdown of the Nine Power Pact, asserting that foreign machinations ton.—-Unlled Press. in Chuagpeecipitated the present situa-
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