"The Japanese Government, in accordance with a policy of local settlement and non-aggression did everything to arrive at a speedy settlement but the Nanking Government showed no sincerity.
"On the contrary, the Nanking Government moved northward Central; Government troops, division after division, as a challenge to Japan while at Hankow and other points in the Yangtze valley, Japanese nationals engaged in peaceful business were menaced by Nanking's vicious anti-Japanese propaganda.
"That Japan has taken action to compel such a Government to reconsider its policy is certainly justified from the standpoint of justice and humanity, as well as self-defence."
In closing, the spokesman said, "I am convinced that for the solution of their own problems, both China and Japan will finally succeed in finding a means suited to the realities of the situation."—Domei
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