DOUBTS IN TOKIO
ANTI-COMINTERN PACT
ASSURANCES REPEATED (Independent Cable Service.) (Reed. Aug. 24, 9 a.m.) TOKIO, Aug. 23. The Japanese Foreign Office spokesman said he was unable to interpret the plans for the RussoGerman pact. Japan, however, expected that Germany would provide stipulations to Avoid inconsistency with, the Anti-Comintern Pact. There was ’no thought of the pact affecting Japan’s fixed policy to create a new order in East Asia. • The Domei News Agency quotes a Foreign Ministry statement that the pact of Herr Hitler is a master stroke, enabling him to settle the Danzig issue, while not contravening the Anti Comintern pact and pot changing Japan’s Asia policy. Officials are most reserved regarding the pact, but it is commo-nly complained that Japan has been sold out.
The Asahi predicts that the pact will be short-lived and will merely be used by Germany to assist to solve the Danzig issue.
The official spokesman asserted, however, that the Anti Comintern Pact would not be affected.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19390824.2.46
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 5
Word Count
163DOUBTS IN TOKIO Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in