3 Tokyo, Nov. 4.
A number of Japanese newspapers today criticize the Government's state-iment, issued on the eve of the anni-Versary of the birth of Emperor Meiji, for alleged vagueness or failure to refer to the anti-Japanese (machinations which are still being carried on by those third Powers who persist in extending assistance to the Chiang Kai-shek regime.
However, on the whole, press comments uphold the Government's statement and the address made by rince Konoye, the Premier.
Under the heading of "The new order in Asia," the "Japan Adver-riser," an American-owned and managed paper, says that the statement made by the Japanese Government reveals "quite clearly the underlying meaning of Japan's objectives and, therefore, it must be taken as one of the most important pronouncements of Japanese policy in years."
Its essence, continues the journal, is contained in the paragraph that Japan seeks to establish a "new order" in East Asia by the creation of a political, economic and cultural bloc between Japan, Manchoukuo and "China in order'to perfect a joint de-4 fence against communism.
1 The "Japan Advertiser" says that what the Powers naturally fear most about this declaration of Japan's policy is what is to become of their rights and interests in China
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