San Francisco, July 1.
Dr, J. Anton de Haas, Harvard University's professor of foreign trade, told the Commonwealth Club here tonight that "Japan has built an industrial structure which must either expand or explode, "Japan's desperate need for oil symbolizes a forthcoming conflict," the Holland-bon educator warned. "It ig a symbol of an ever increasing struggle for raw materials.
"Japan may deem the conquest of the Netherlands East Indies absolutely necessary."
The tragedy of the Orient is the futility of the present Sino-Japanese hostilities—United Press.
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