The Archive · 1939

Advantages from War

Tokyo, Sept. 3.

The Cabinet in a three-hour session today canvassed the advantages Japan may expect to derive in irom the war into which Europe been plunged. A representative of the Foreign Office made a detailed report on Japan's relations with Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Holy and the Soviet Union.

The United Pross learned on good authority that the Cabinet tentatively decided to capitalize to the utmost on the conditions created by the European war, and to seek assurances of Third Powers that they would not in the future interfere with Japan's programme on the Asiatic Continent Unless such assurances. were forthcoming, the Japanese attitude toward oreign' Interests in China would be stiffened to a extent which might involve action against the forelsn concessions in the occupied areas of that country.—United Press.

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