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am no naval expert and so I cannot give figures about warships and things but from the equation of skilled man-power I think the Japanese have the advantage over Am-orleans in the event of war, Mr. Yamamoto continued. I cannot understand why some Japanese should evaluate the United States over and above her real strength."

Americans Mr. Yamamoto said, don't want war with Japan. They would invest, their capital in Manchuria were it not for interference of Washington, he said.

Apparently meaning that Japan. too does not like the idea of a war with the United States, Mr. Yamamoto said on Frei trade. pan has no territorial designs he Netherlands East Indies or ch Indo-China, Japan needs the with the East Indies simply because the United States won't sell oil to Japan.

Mr. Yamamoto assailed China for not having cooperated with Japan ihe "liberation of the races of the ar East from Western oppression".

He so

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