POLICY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1940, Page 5

POLICY

A’T BY JAPANESE * MINISTER

DESIRE FOR PEACE DECLARED EAST ASIA AND SOUTH SEAS A CORRELATED SPHERE. I CLAIM LAID TO STABILISING I INFLUENCE. i (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) TOKIO, June 29. The Foreign Minister, Mr .11. Arita, in a radio speech, declared the doctrine of -Japan’s domination of the Far East and her determination to regard East Asia and the South Seas as a correlated sphere with Japan as the central stabilising influence. He said that Japan would oppose any outside interference in East Asia and the South Seas. Mr Arita asserted that the European war demonstrated past blunders in which geographical, racial and cultural relationships had been disregarded, and those blunders must be rectified. The -idea of establishing, first, a righteous peace in each of the various regions, and then, collectively, a just peace for the whole world had long existed, he said. This system presupposed a stabilising force in each region, and also presupposed that groups would respect one another’s individual characteristics, political, cultural and economic, and would co-operate to fulfil one another’s needs for the common good. The countries of East Asia and the South Seas were geographically, historically, racially and economically very closely related to each othei’ and were destined to co-operate and minister to one another’s needs for the common well-being and prosperity, and to promote peace and progress in their regions. “Uniting all these regions under a single sphere on the basis of common existence and insuring thereby the stability of that sphere -is, I think, a natural conclusion,” Mr Arita said. He was determined to leave no stone unturned to eradicate all the activities giving assistance to General Chiang Kai-Shek. “When the European war broke out, Japan immediately declared she was not involved, and made it clear that she did not intend to interfere in Europe,” he added. “At the same time she did not want to see the war spread to East Asia, and naturally, Japan expects the Western Powers to do nothing to exert any undesirable influence on the stability of East Asia. “Japan, while constructing the new order in East Asia, was paying serious attention to the developments in the war and its repercussions in various quarters, including the South Seas. I desire to declare that the destiny of these regions—-and any development therein and any disposal thereof' —are a matter of grave concern to Japan in view of her responsibility as a stabilising force in East Asia.” ACTION IN HONG KONG EVACUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. LARGE NUMBERS LEAVING FOR MANILA. LONDON, June 29. The evacuation of women and children from Hong Kong will begin today when 4500 will leave for Manila. The evacuation is a precautionary measure in view of the threatened Japanese blockade of the coastline to prevent supplies from reaching the Chungking Government. A proclamation in Hong Kong declares that the emergency is continuing, and evacuation is to be completed by July 5. It is planned to send evacuees from Manila to Australia. The families of the army have been ordered to leave. Chinese and foreign banks in Hong Kong report a heavy demand for withdrawals, mostly by Chinese, who are believed to have planned to go to the interior. MURDER IN SHANGHAI DEMANDS BY THE NANKING REGIME. SHANGHAI. June 29. The newspaper of the pro-Japanese leader, Wang Ching-wei, the “Central China Daily News,” reported that as a result of the assassination of the "Daily News” employee last night a Nanking regime is sending to the Municipal Council five demands accompanied by a threat to send Nanking troops into the International Settlement unless they are granted. The demands are: (1) Arrest of the assassins. (2) Jurisdiction over all Chinese courts in the settlement. (3) The council’s co-oper-ation in the Nanking financial organisation. (4) Suppression of all publications, including foreign newspapers, which are anti-Nanking. (5) A guarantee against future attacks. A spokesman of the Municipal Council said the communication had not yet been received. > RELATIONS WITH U.S.A. OBSERVATIONS BY JAPANESE AMBASSADOR NEW YORK. June 28. The Japanese Ambassador, Mr K. Horinouchi, at a “Japan Day” dinner, said that regional confederations of nations, based on mutual geographic and economic interests were growing out of the war. Japan and the United States, he said, have a common policy in respect to the whole Pacific to keep the Pacific peaceful and free from the effects of the European war. If each country worked toward that aim peace in the Pacific could certainly be preserved. LINER RECALLED (Received This Day. 9 a.m.) HONG KONG. June 30. The liner President Coolidge left at 6 a.m., but returned at 6 p.m. on the U.S.A. State Department’s order.

PICKING UP REFUGEES (Received This Day, 9 am.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 30. It is reliably stated that the President Coolidge was ordered to return to Hong Kong, to pick up refugees, after being 100 miles out, en route to Shanghai. BRITISH WARSHIPS REPORTED AT SINGAPORE. (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) SHANGHAI, June 30. It is authoritatively stated that the British Admiral Noble, with his staff, has left Hong Kong for Singapore. It is understood that the Far East Fleet and some Australian warships are at Singapore. AMERICAN NATIONALS ADVISED TO PROCEED TO MANILA. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) HONG KONG. June 30. The American Consul-General has advised as many Americans as possible to proceed to Manila, in order to alleviate congestion in the event of an emergency which, however, is not anticipated for a few days.