Paris, Nov. 16, The Prench Foreign Oice spokes man said today that France does. not feel "her interests in the Far East! menaced by the Japanese landing yesterday near Pakhoi, "Kwangtung, within 150 miles of the' French Indo: China border, The Japanese landing, the French spokesman said, "neither menaces nor interferes with French interests the least."
He said France felt that it was normal for the Japanese lo seize the last Chinese port not yet occu pled by Japanese forces, The spokesman declined to comment on the possibility of Japanese forces cutting off the French treaty Bort of Kwangehowan from interior Oficial French quarters said that} although the Japanese action did of affect French interests. immediately, France Is determined to, watch carefully whether the wider Interests of the great Western Pow ers in the Far East will be affected, Consequently, it was said, France will "collaborate closely with the United States and Britain In. pro-ceting the Interests of the Demo-crocies in the Orient—United Press,
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