New York, Mar. 25.
Commenting on Japan's "near-failure" in China, the "New York Herald-Tribune" today observed that the "faustrecht" policy (that of triumphing by the fist) had lasi and this must cause some annoyance to Germany and Italy, Japan's close friends.
The paper then explained that the situation in China prevented the creation of a military alliance among these three Powers.
"The alliance has been voted down again in a heated Cabinet meeting, after Prince Saionji, the Genro, had en consulted the journal said. This means that the pro-alliance element, undoubtedly including Army and Navy men who are naturally eager to get mib closer relations with such congenial Occidental Company, had carried their case into the Imperial Household and that the Emperor: had gone through the routine of seeking advice. The defeat of the pro-alliance element does mot mean that the Japanese Council of State are out of sympathy with the Italian or German objectives in Europe. The decision simply express ses the conviction which representatives of the armed forces cannot endorse without admitting that those forces are not what they were thought to be—that Japan dare not be on the losing side of a world struggle: She cannot gamble on anything but a sure thing and she has yet to be shown that Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini are sure winners."—Havas.
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