SEEN AS CAJOLERY
BRITISH WITHDRAWAL FROM SHANGHAI
HOSTILE TALK IN JAPAN.
REFERENCES TO SINGAPORE.
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) TOKIO. August 10.
The “Nichi Nichi Shimbun” described the British troop withdrawal as being with the “intention of killing two birds with one stone,” first to ameliorate through cajorery, and secondly to strengthen the Singapore defences.
It said: “Japan is watching the British moves and is unlikely to consider the withdrawal as a political consideration for the settlement of the espionage cases.”
An earlier message from Tokio states that the Rightist East Asia Association passed a resolution addressed to Prince Konoye and Messrs Matsuoka, Tojo and Yoshida, the key members of the Cabinet, demanding an immediate declaration of war on Britain as a retaliation for the British arrests of Japanese. The Tokio police arrested an armed man who was loitering in front of the residence of the Finance Minister, Mr Ikeda, who is now the most influential man in finance circles and is considered to be pro-British.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1940, Page 5
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