Mr. Matsuoka also reiterated that the conclusion of the new Triple Alliance did not signify that Japan would immediately plunge into the European War. He said it also did mot mean that Japan regarded all Powers except Germany and Italy as her enemy.
Reviewing the circumstances whith led Japan to conclude a military alliance with the Totalitarian Powers, Mr. Matsuoka said the Japanese invasion of China was an "ideological conflict."
"Should other Powers wish to reduce losses to their interests in China" Mr. Matsuoka said, "they should wish for the termination of the China affair as soon as possible."
Although Japan had no desire to wage a war against any Power, Japan would be forced to curb efforts by any motion to disturb peace in the Far East by prolonging the Sino-Japanese conflict through the extension of aid to Chungking, Mr, Yosuke Matsuoka, declared.
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