Washington, Sept, 14, The comment today of the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman on the European crisis, to the effect that Japan stood with Germany and Italy against Communism, passed virtually unnoticed here in view of the greater urgency of the news from European capitals, American authorities whose views on the Japanese statement were sought said they believed the Tokyo spokesman's assertion of Japan's willingness to join Italy and Germany in the spirit of the Anti-Comintern Pact was merely a general exposition of Japan's existing posi-"tion instead of a definitive statement of any intention on Japan's part to intervene against Russia in the event of a European war, Observers also called attention to the fact that American opinion had not reacted to the European crisis as a problem of Bolshevism versus Democracies, Reports alleging that Moscow was responsible for aggravalion of the crisis at Prague were generally discredited here.
There was considerable unofficial speculation here today on whether a European war would have the effect of increasing the United States'
icing" responsibilities in the Pacific area, especially if the strength of the British Navy were diverted elsewhere.—United Press,
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