Tokyo, Dec. 22.
In connection with the Sino-Japanese nti-Comintern Pact, Prince Konoye's statement said that Japan, ju this respect, demanded that Japanese troops be stationed in specified points as long as the Pact was in force.
Regarding economic ce-operation, Prince Konoye stated that Japan did not intend to exercise economic monopoly in China nor to demand that China limit the interests of third Powers, "who will grasp the meaning of a new East Asia and will be willing to act accordingly."
Furthermore, the statement declared that "Japan not only respects the sovereignty of China, but she is prepared to give positive consideration to questions of abolition of extrality and rendition of Concessions and Settlements—matters which are necessary for the full independence of China."—Reuter.
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