Tokyo, Aug. 20.
Predicting the early entrance of the United States into the European war, the "Yomiuri Shimbun," today indicated that in that event the re-sultan unrest in the Pacific would cause Japan to abandon her "complacent" non-involvement policy.
Meanwhile, the "Hochi Shimbun" described the establishment of a joint Canadian-American defence board as "an Anschluss" exceeding the scope of an offensive-defensive alliance. The "Hochi" urged the Government to reply to the "audacious American move" by "construct. ing with grim determination the great East Asiatic sphere of common prosperity."—U1 ited Press.
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