London, July 25.
"Last night, many of the shrewdest foreign observers in London agreed that second thoughts on the Anglo-Japanese were best," writes the Diplomatic Correspondent of "The Times" today, in an article on the Anglo-Japanese formula. "Nothing has been given away in the formula. It does no more than codify the state of affairs that already exists, and offers a basis, if used with restraint, for a modus vivendi in the future. Certainly it does not mean that Britain has committed in advance to agree to every demand that any Japanese commander in China may care to make."—Reuter.
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