If the alleged Hongkong case, the paper said, had taken place dole to the British capital, national fecting. towards the incident, would have been Jquite 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 confit had given assistance to the Gen. Chiang Kalshek 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 The "Yomiuri Shimbun" regarded Sir Robert's statement asa challen to Japan, saying that "it Brita maintains such an attitude, we must warning that there is every fear lat Anglo-Japanese relations will be seriously aggravated."—Domel-
Paris, Jan. 26.
The indignation current in Japan lover the Asama Maru incident is un-Jquestionably inspired by political aims, and extends far beyond the real importance of the matter, the Paris delared in an editorial! today, adding that the Japanese government
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