JAPANESE POLICY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 October 1939, Page 5

JAPANESE POLICY

DETERMINATION TO CONTROL CHINA DECLARED BY GENERAL ABE. TRADE TREATY WITH UNITED STATES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. TOKIO, October 15. The Prime Minister, General Abe, in a statement to newspapers published in the Japanese language, stated that Japan is determined to create a new Chinese central Government, able to share fully in the reorganisation of East Asia, which China and' Japan must accomplish unassisted by outsiders. He added that the reorganisation could be accomplished in a neutral manner, and the rights of third Powers would be respected. An effort would be made to convince the world of the sincerity of Japan's aims, which were the preservation of peace in East Asia, the establishment of prosperity and co-operation by all! nations for international stability. > General Abe expressed the opinion that it might be impossible to extend temporarily the 1911 commercial treaty with the United States, which expires on January 26, 1940, but that it might be possible to negotiate a new one, at least provisionally. It is expected, in view of the return . of the American Ambassador Mr Grew, that trade discussions will start soon. The United States on July 26 gave six months’ notice of the denouncement of the treaty.