Paris, Dec. 25.
An indication that Japan is trying to counteract Anglo-French cooperation in the Far East in the same way that she had tried to avoid the formation of an Anglo-American block is seen by political circles here in an important interview granted to the Tokyo corespondent of the evening paper "Paris Soir" by Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu, the new Japanese Home Minister.
"Present and future Franco-Japanese relations can only be friendly," the Admiral stated. "Friction could only arise from 100 close a co-opera tion between France and Great Britain."
Questioned as to the eventual occupation of the Island of Hainan, the Admiral said:
"I am not aware of the General Staffs plans concerning the island, but, strategically speaking, I believe that the blockade of China's coasts is utterly inefficient, since arms andi munitions continue to enter China freely. Hence. in case we need to reinforce this blockade, we should occupy Hainan temporarily The Admiral then admitted that it was of vital interest to Japan to establish permanent air and naval bases in the island, due to the fact that Hainan is nearer the continent than Formosa.
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