| Show JAPANESE RAGE AT U. U S. S OIL EMBARGO Spark Could Cause World Explosion Tokyo Cabinet Minister ter Declares J Press Charges s' s N 1 America and andRuss Russ Make D Deal il TOKYO Aug 2 UP UP UP-Ja- UP Japan Ja- Ja pan reacted angrily Satur Saturday Saturday at atto to new economic measures measures' l taken against her by the U. U US U.S. S. S Commerce Minister Sa Sa- konji said said the international al sit is so tense tens that u a sp spark park lf may be sufficient to cause an an explosion Ne Newspapers and even officials warned that Japan would take tae drastic steps to offset the effects of ot Anglo-American Anglo moves against hero her The press said Japan was determined determined determined deter deter- mined to obtain needed supplies supplies- by force if necessary Foreign circles showed signs of ot abandoning abandoning an earlier optimism th that t per perhaps aps Britain and the U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S would not be harsh in enforcIng enforcing enforcing ing restrictions restrictions' on Japanese tra trade eThe e. e The press again displayed interest inter inter- interest est in Russia and speculated as to whether the Russians would j jam jamIn join in inin in encircling Japan Reports in London said Japan was vas hurrying reinforcements reinforcements to to io to deal with possible eventualities I In hi Japanese Russo-Japanese nese f relations V F Reports Commies Active The newspaper said the communists in China were becoming increasingly influential and that this likely would lead to a Chinese military alliance with Rus Rus- sia sla Newspapers also warned the government government government gov gov- to watch for signs of Russo American cooperation because be be- ause cause this might lead to a a military mill mill- tary agreement to further encircle encircle encircle en en- circle Japan They charged that the U. U S. S in return for supplies sent to lo Russia sought bases on the peninsula opposite Alaska in order order order or or- der to contact Alaska for transportation transportation tation of armed forces by way of ot the Aleutian islands It was asserted that the U. U S. S was licensing considerable oil exports exports ex ex- ports to Russia and that plans to ship this oil through the Pacific to Vladivostok meant the U. U S. S no no longer considered Japans Japan's feelIngs feelings feel teel ings ings' toward its Us alliance with Ger Ger- many Government spokesmen withheld comment on the U. U S S. S embargo on aviation gasoline but news newspapers apers generally interpreted the embargo Japanese anti-Japanese es- es as intensifying p pres pres- sure Denies Conquest Reports A government spokesman chal challenged challenged London reports that that Japan Japan had demanded military bases base in Thailand The subsidized newspaper Japan Times-Advertiser Times criticised Acting S State ate Secretary Sumner Welles for using suave words in a statement statement statement state state- ment that raw materials in the Pacific Pa- Pa due must be available to all na r on an equitable basis Ja Japari i the newspaper said had been invited to seek export licenses for tor such materials especially from Malaya but alwa always s 's found that by prearrangement all a available v a I 11 1 a b I 1 e tocks stocks were always destined elsewhere elsewhere else else- 1 where mainly the U. U S. S t. t J j The U. U S. S Is creating the s same mc t sort of situation in South Arn America AmerT rr the newspaper said and sp Japan so J pan part must rush a western Pacific self- self sufficiency sphere i Y |
