"It is a small device," states tht Asahi Shimbun," adding that, "it cannot but be regarded as a last expedient on the eve of Germany's landing on English soil. If Britain cerely desires a rapprochement, it Will be necessary for her to immediately rebuild her Far Eastern policy, fundamentally, in order to cooperate positively with Japan,"
Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, commented on learning the news, according to the "Hochi Shimbun." "T do not think that the present British move need necessarily be connected with the espionage case. We may say however that Britain today is in such a position that it has no choice, but make some such move."
Hinting ominously that Japan has in no renounced her intention to take "counter action" regarding the arrest situation, Mr, Matsuoka added, according to the "Hochi Shimbun," "I do not think that they were motivated merely by a desire io retaliate. There is more to it than meets the eye. The motive is more unpleasant, I cannot say now what it is, similarly I cannot tell you what Japan's counter action to it will be."—Reuter.
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