Manila, June 14. South eastern Asia, one of the Bice today Mes "but Bensively watching the United States d, nor Because of the growing belief that on- American entry into the European War would have profound repercussions in the Far East, The war-orphaned East Indies frankly. pins all hopes for the maintenance of the present status quo of the Netherlands East Indies on the presence of the Uinited States fleet in Hawaii.
Many Netherlands observers fear that, should the United States enter world's third largest navy-~ Japan's—master of the Pacific.
Political observers pointed out that, although the Japanese public "is obviously weary of three years of war in China", the Japanese Navy das mot participated in any major pao and is therefore intact and "Sabre Rattling"
Asked by a British correspondent whether Japan has any objection to a non-aggression between Great Britain and Thailand, the Foreign Office spokesman replied in the negative. An official despatch from Bangkok reports non-aggression pacts have been concluded between Thailand, Great Britain and France.
The spokesman said the treaty of friendship between Japan and Thailand has nothing to do with British and French non-aggression pacts with Thailand nor has it had any connection during negotiations with the latter, The spokesman pointed out that the treaty between Japan and Thailand was entirely different from the British and French non-aggression pacts, in that it aims at maintaining and increasing peaceful and friendly relations already existing between the two countries whereas the nonaggression pact, as fathered by the Soviet Union about 1926, presupposed actual or psychological fears of aggression on the part of one party by the other.—Reuter.
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