"The Japanese nation is bending all its energies toward building up a new peace fabric," the "Kokumin" declared, "and foreign Powers should form a correct idea of the new course of Japan, instead of repeating blunders in guessing Japan's attitude, such as that of the League of Nations, which sat in judgment on Japan and forced her to withdraw."
Quoting the War Minister, Lieut.- Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, the "Yomiuri said Japan's military action in China is "designed neither for destruction nor territorial aggression, but on the contrary is intended for building up a new China.
"Therefore, Japan's action will not be terminated," the "Yomiuri" predicted, "even if peace returns with the fall of Hankow, which is imminent, because work will be started on the long-term reconstruction and rehabilitation of China, while definite measures must likewise be taken for building up a new China even if peace fails to return with the fall of Hankow."
There is a possibility of interference by third Powers which have great interests in Hankow, the "Hochi"
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