Enthusiastic Tokyo, May 2.
"However perfect the Soviet Pact may be, it will make Japan nothing but a puppet of another country, unless the pact brings about advantages to Japan, helps Japan develop and increases Japan's security,"
In these words Dr. Kasaku Tamura, noted diplomatic commentator of the Japanese newspaper "Chugai Shogyo," expresses his anxieties about the Soviet Pact, so long as the USSR, does not give up its aid to Chungking.
Other points from Mr, Tamura's article are as follows: "Some one may say that the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact was concluded so that if Japan should wage war with other countries than China, the Soviet would keep neutrality regarding it, and that the pact has nothing to do with the China affair, "Such people may also say that neutrality necessitates Nhe assumption of a declaration "of war, and that since Japan has not yet declared war against China the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact is not applicable to the China affair.
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