It the alleged Hongkong case, the paper said, had taken place close to the British capital, national feeling towards the incident would have been quitè different, the "Asahi" declared.
That such an argument would be advanced by Sir Robert in view of the fact that the British from the outset of the China conflict had given assistance to the Gen. Chiang Kaishek regime, completely ignoring Japanese national feeling, was natural, the "Asahi" claimed.
There was no solution to the issue, the "Asahi" contended, without a formal reply from. London and Britain's release of the arrested Germans.
The "Yomiuri Shimbun" regarded Sir Robert's statement as a challenge to Japan, saying that "if Britain maintains such an attitude, we must give warning that there is every fear that Anglo-Japanese relations will be seriously aggravated."—Domei.
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