Alleged Failure in China Report for December Not Responsible For The The task of the French Concession Cabinet's Resignation Fire Brigade does not only consist in putting out fires, as is the com-Urging the new Hiranuma Cabinet mon belief. According to the De-to concentrate on Japan's foreign cember report for the Brigade, four policy so as to seek a realization of persons, overcome by carbon-Jipan's position by Britain, America, monoxide were successfully treated end France, the local Japanese press by the French Concession fire-yesterday discussed at length the fighters and were subsequently taken prospects of the new Government. to the St. Marie hospital where they The fundamental solution of the all recuperated fully. In one case, present hostilities lies in the under-it was necessary to apply artificial standing of the new state of affairs respiration for nearly two hours in East Asia by these Powers, the before the victim regained conscious-"Tairiku Shimpo" stated." It is easy ness whilst the shortest treatment to talk about the establishment of a of this sort to have been given dur-new order, and the construction of ing the month under review was 30 a new East Asia, but we have no minutes. rosy path ahead of us," the daily said." A solution can never be There were a total of 28 outreached by simply adjusting relations breaks of fire, of which nine were between East Asiatic nations. Deep put out before the machines arrived consideration should be paid to the whilst six were classified as small, conflict of interests between us and eleven as medium and two as im-Britain, America, France, and Soviet Russia," the "Tairiku Shimpo" maintained.
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