Show I I CRISIS CHISIS HINTED ON BURMA A ROAD TOKYO Oct 2 UP UP Newspapers pers reflecting increasing government government government govern govern- ment alarm over the possibility of British and American pressure Indicated in indicated indicated in- in Wednesday that Japan would regard the reopening of at the Burma road of supply to China by Britain as an open challenge and would act accordingly said that if Great Britain Britain Britain Brit Brit- ain decided to reopen the Burma road Japan would not ask it notto not j to but would resort to its own measures to remove all obstacles obstacles obstacles cles to the Japanese mission of construction a greater east Asia It was commented that British refusal to keep the road closed and thus close to China one of its two remaining sources of at foreign supply was indicated by recent British American an activities especially especially especially espe espe- United States reaction to the new Japanese Italian al al- al liance Asahi Asahl said world concern was now focused on the counter measures measures measures meas meas- ures Britain and the United States might take to meet the situation arising from the pact Britain it said had started negotiations negotiations negotiations with the dominions to prohibit export of munitions materials materials materials mate mate- rials to Japan However it added only tin rubber and iron ores from Malaya and copper from Canada were wert involved and Japan would no not feel any pinch |