Sympathies Over China Incident Useful But Unnecessary, States Gaimusho Head to Diet Tokyo, Feb. 4. JO SISTANCE of third Powers in settling.the China conflict was unnecessary, Mr. Hachiro Arita, the Foreign Minister, told the Diet yesterday.
"Assistance or sympathy from third Powers may prove useful in settling the incident," he said, "but we firmly believe that the China incident can be settled satisfactorily without the assistance or sympathy of third Powers.
"The manifestation of this firm determination of the Japanese nation to the outside world will serve the purpose of precluding the possibility of a misunderstanding of Japan's actual resources on the part of various foreign Powers," he added.
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