Washington, June 18.
LUTING out that American interests were also suffering from the Japanese blockade of the Tientsin British and French Concessions, the "Washington Star," in a leader today charged' that the measure was designed to test the readiness'of the Western Powers to challenge Japan's New Order in'Asia policy.
The situation "provoked by Japan's blockade of the British and French Concessions in Tientsin is one affecting American interests in hardly a less degree because on the outcome depends the future status of all foreign economic interests in China," the "Washington Star" commented in its editorial.
Tokyo has plainly decided to make the Tientsin situation a showdown to test the readiness of the Western Powers to challenge the Japanese Chinese Active in: New Order in East Asia in which lies the root of the undeclared war on China, the editorial added.
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