Lt.-Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, War Minister, denied the rumour that Japan intended to settle the China conflict by means other then military.
The Japanese military forces, he declared, will pursue their operations without relaxation until the regime of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek abandons its anti-Japanese and pro-Communist policies.
Answering Mr. Mitsunaga Tada, Minseito, Mr. Arita declared that the Government had no intention of regarding Marshal Wu Pei-fu and Mr. Wang Ching-wei "with indifferenc The stage had not yet been reached, Mr. Arita continued, where Japan should extend them "positive assistance". Too much help from Japan, the Foreign Minister continued, could "easily spoil" the peace movements started by Marshal Wu and Mr. Wang. He rejected the suggestion made by Mr. Tada that the) Japanese Government issue a statement backing the two Chinese leaders.
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