Tokyo, June 24, "Now is the best time to strike a blow at Britain, the United States and France, and' strangle Chungking, by cutting its routes of supply," declares a commentator in the "Asahi Shimbun,"
"It is now, thanks to Mr, Arita, that French Indo-Chinà has started to block the Chinese frontier. Indo-China was like a ripe fruit, ready to fall at a touch, However, unless Britain ce-operates with Frencn Indo-China, it will not get the blow to Chungking.
"At all costs, the Burma' route must be cut, Half-hearted measures of repeating these demands is not enough, At any rate, we must fix a time limit to demands. The British Ambassador must know very well what attitude the Japanese Government adopted, when presenting its demands to France, and what feelings the Japanese people hold in regard to Britain."—Reuter,
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