The Archive · 1939

Japanese Press Angered

Tokyo, Jan. 21.

Japanese press criticism of American plans to establish a seaplane and submarine base in Guam in the western Pacific continued unabated today.

"If the United States mean neither to take a hand in Chinese politics, nor make their voice heard in the political Council Chamber of East Asia, nor launch a trade campaign at the point of a gun," the "Japan Times" said, "the construction of new naval bases close to the shores of Japan will only be disturbing the waters of the Pacific which may remain as unruffled as in the past."—

Domei,

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