China "Interference" Seen Tokyo, Sept. 17.
A blunt warning to the people of Japan, that the Pacific Ocean is un-dargoing an "ominous transformation" as a sequel to the European conflict, was voiced by the "Hochi Shimbun" today The recent defence agreement between the United States and Canada, the lease of eight naval and air bases by the United States from Britain in exchange for American destroyers. the actions of the United States Fleet in the Pacific, and the conversations now under way among Britain, Australia and the United States are all indications that the status quo in the Pacific has changed, the paper declared.
Statements made recently by the American Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and the British Foreign 4 Minister, Lord Halifax, expressing deep concern over the maintenance of the status quo in French Indo-China, moreover was taken by the Hochi as manifestations of Anglo-American intentions to interfere in the French Indo-China issue.
Warning that Anglo-American, interference in Far Eastern issues threatens to grow more vigorous with the further development' of Japan's southward policy, the paper urged the vital necessity for Japan to construct a great East Asiatic sphere of common prosperity, including the South Sea region, which is essential for her existence, irrespective of the obstructions placed in Japan's path by Great Britain and America—Domei.
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