London, Oct. 22.
The British Government is buying as much aviation petról, as possible from the Dutch East Indies although ug. measures to interfere with the lations between the Japanese 8-ana—on companies in Dutehy territory in the southern Pacific have yet been made, accord-ang to a statement by British Govern-fat dil today.
Britain' is not at war with Japan, it is impossible for her to obstruct commercial transactions in general with the Dutch of companies, the statement declared.
Since Japan is suffering from ember goes of aviation petrol from the United' Stätes and there is no export of aviation petrol from the British Empire to Japan, the question rather concerns the United States and the Netherlands East Indies, the statement concluded.—Domei,
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