Tokyo, Feb. 17.
The China "incident" will end only when "it becomes unnecessary for Japan to station large army and navy units on the war fronts," Lieutenant-General Heisuke Yanagawa, Director of the China Affairs Board, told the House Budgetary, Sub-committee today.
This will be evidenced either by the surrender of the Chungking Government to Japan, the dissolution of that Government and its uniting with the proposed new "government" of the rump "Kuomintang" leader, Mr. Wang Ching-wei, or when the Chungking Government "becomes ready to ce-operate with the new administration for joint undertakings," General Yanagawa said.
He admitted that Japan had formerly announced that she would not deal with Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, but, he said it was a question of interpretation of the phrase, "not deal."
"It is not impossible to have Chungking ce-operate with the new regime," General Yanagawa said. Japan is making every effort at the present time to induce the Chungking Government to ce-operate, he declared, The General, however, refused to give any details—United Press.
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