New York, July 26.
The New York press yesterday interpreted the Arita-Craigie agreement reached between Japan and Britain in Tokyo last week as a diplomatic victory for Japan and a sign of weakness on the part of Britain, The Scripps-Howard New' York "World Telegram" editorial on the subject carried the title "Kowtow by John Bull" The article said Japan had forced Britain to "bend her knee" and recognize special requirements and rights for the Japanese forces invading China, a nation whose territorial integrity Britain had repeatedly pledged herself to protect.
other words," the paper said, "Britain agrees at pistol-point to stop, or at least curtail, her assistance to China. Thus she wins a reprieve for her own large interests in the Far East."
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