Tokyo, Feb, 3.
It is self-evident that Japan will go forward with her fixed policy Whatever attitude the Netherlands East Indies may take towards Japan's request for ce-operation in the establishment of a sphere of common prosperity throughout Greater East Asia, states the "Kokumin Shimbun" today in 9 comment on the Statement of Mr. Naoki Hoshino in the Diet, "The "Kokumin Shimbun" suspects that Great Britain and the United Slates are behind the Netherlands Government, which fled to London, and which' last Friday lodged a representation with the Japanese Government through the Dutch Minister General J. C. Pabst, voicing oppestion to the incorporation of] the Netherlands East Indies in the Proposed sphere of common pro-Sperity of Greater East Asia, US. Challenge Seen Considered in this light, the "Kokumin Shimbun" brands the Dutch "Government's representation og a bold manifestation of the American challenge to Japan.
"whatever obstruction the United States may resort to the paper: declares, "her absolute right of existence dictates 10 Japan to ade vance southward: therefore a serious situation might be precipitated by the future attitude of the United
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