Mr. Eden; "Hochi" Reaction "Fair Statement"
Washington, May 16.
Japan has been given plenty to think about by two things occurring in the last 24 hours—the flight of 21 Flying Fortresses to Hawaii and Mr, Anthony Eden's crisp statement of what Britain expects from Japan in China, according to informed quarters here, Mr, Eden's blunt warning, says ihe Washington *Star," comes as a heartening indication that a policy of parallel action by Britain and America in the Far East wil be vigorously maintained, The mass flight to Hawaii is regarded as an indication that America is producing in quantity the most effective form of aircraft yet devised—the long-range bomber—and that to strength and date despite heavy shipments to Britain, That some persons in Japan are thinking seriously about the future is seen in an editorial in the newspapers "Hochi," published here yesterday, in which this pro-Axis organ said that any advocacy of Japan entering the war to help Germany, irrespective of the consequences {0 herself, locked like the work of the "German fth column," This is regarded here as a fair statement of the case, Further comment by the same paper appears to show that some people in Japan are beginning to realize that whatever territory in the Pacific Japan is able to grab at present, it would not necessarily remain hers in the event of a German her Pacific defence is being kept up victory,—Reuter,
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