The Japanese Government, according to the paper, holds that circumstances in Shanghai have entirely changed as a result of the China conflict. "Therefore, arrangements made between the S.M.C. and the Kuomintang Government cannot be recog: ized as a whole", said the "Asahi The newspaper attached importance to the forthcoming conversations between the Foreign Minister and the British and American Ambassadors, opining that "the Japanese Government means to pursue its new poli toward the International Settlement in Shanghai irrespective of British and American reaction."
A similar demarche will be made by the Japanese Government to France regarding the French Concession, where anti-Japanese terroristic outbreaks have also frequently been reported, the "Asah:" predicted.
Questioned by foreign correspondents, a spokesman of the Foreign Office today termed the "Asahi Shim. bun's" report as "mere guess Mr. Neville Chamberlain Received by King London, Apr. 25 The King received Mr. Ne Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, at Buckingham Palace tonight The audience lasted for one hour—Reuter.
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