Tokyo, June 24.
Asked whether any" reply had been received from" Berlin and Rome to Japan's notifeation of her particular interest in French' Indo-China, the spokesman said no substantial report had been received far from. the Japanese Am~ bassadors, Asked. why the notification had been addressed only to Germany and Moly, and not to other powers, the spokesman pointed out that talks had already taken place with Wash-
capitals, ington, "London, Paris and other The spokesman also gave an assurance that the talks "with Ger~ many and Italy were not confined to Indo-China, "We have not mind any specie area and the talks were of a very general character," he raid—Reuter, The Time to Strike"
Tokyo, June 24. "Now is the best time to. strike blow at Britain, the United States and France, and' strangle " Chung. king, by culting its routes of supply, @eclares a commentator in the "Asahi Shimbun, "It is now, thanks to Mr, Arita that French Indo-China. has' started No Scrap Iron Embargo By America Tokyo, June 19.
official: report reaching here from Washington en Mon= day revealed that Mr. Henry F. Grady, American Assistant Secretary' of State, informed the Japanese Ambassador at Washington, Mr. Kensuke Horinouchi, that President Roosevelt will not have scrap iron and steel included in the list of articles which will come under the new law placing an embargo on certain materials.—Domei. fo block the Chinese frontier. Indow China was like a ripe fruit, ready to fall at a touch, However, unless Britain ce-operates with "French Indo-China, it will not get the blow to, Chungking, "At all costs, the Burma route must be cut, Tialf-hearted measures of repeating these demands is not enough, At any rate, we must fix atime limit to demands. The Brit~ ish "Ambassador must know very well what altitude the Japanese Government adopted, when present~ ing its demands to France, and what feelings the Japanese people held in regard to Britain,"—Reuter,
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