SERIOUS OUTLOOK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 July 1941, Page 5

SERIOUS OUTLOOK

PERCEIVED BV JAPANESE PREMIER POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDED CONFLICT. NEED OF BEING PREPARED FOR WORST. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, July 30. Prince Konoye, the Japanese Prime Minister, in a policy statement, admitted that the European war was bringing serious effects to Japan. It was difficult to predict, he said, where the conflict in Europe would spread. Everyone in Japan must be prepared to meet the worst. i The Government, he said, was doing everything to marshal the country s resources and manpower to meet any situation that might arise. FOREIGN PRESSURE DENIED BY THAILAND GOVERNMENT. NO. FEAR OF INVASION. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) BANGKOK, July 29. A communique issued by the Thailand Government stated: “Thailand is not being subjected to military or economic pressure from any foreign Power and is not worried about being invaded.” The communique added: “Thailand’s foreign policy is to maintain equal friendship with all nations, preserve peace and trade with all nations and not participate in any foreign disputes.” STRONG PROTEST MADE BY JAPANESE IN AUSTRALIA. DENIED RIGHT TO WORK FOR LIVING. MELBOURNE, July 29. Though the Japanese' Minister to Australia, Mr T. Kawai, would not comment on the freezing of Japanese assets, a member of his legation described the action as “inhuman and unethical,! resulting in the Japanese residents in Australia being deprived of the right of doing not only international but internal business.” Moreover they would be unable to work for their own living. He asked: “How would honest Australian citizens feel if placed in a similar position?” SILK EXPORTS MEASURES OF RETALIATION ' IN JAPAN. (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) TOKIO, July 30. Raw silk and also fibres are subject to export licensing, as a further retaliation. It is understood that the question of permitting silk exports is dependent on future United States moves against Japanese, trade. It is understood in Yokohama that the Exchange is not opening indefinitely, due to the uncertainty over developments in the United States.