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Show JAPANESE WARN U.S.TOBEWARE TOKYO. Sept 19 CLT) Three leading Tokyo newpairs. In editorials edi-torials whoa striking similarity cauwd comment m diplomatic, circles, cir-cles, aaaerted today that th United States was assuming Groat Britain'! Brit-ain'! role as far eastern "watch doc" and warned against American provocation of Japan. In a similar editorial yesterday the newspaper Kokumin warned the United Staffs against antagonising antago-nising Japan and said Increased pressure might ereata a Japanes-Ameiican Japanes-Ameiican war crisis. However, Kokumin Is of extreme nationalist tendency and the newspapers news-papers which spoke today are Independent. In-dependent. Excerpts from the editorials fol-. fol-. low: Asahl (independent liberal, large circulation i "The United States Is threatening to protect British and French Interests In China, thereby Increasing the chance of Japanese-American friction." It said American naval policy was directed against Japan. Yomlurl (independent, literary) "In event that America believes that Great Britain Is facing defeat Am.rir. wm Join thev. arjmmedl-ately. arjmmedl-ately. America may not contemplate contem-plate the folly of needlessly provoking pro-voking Japan. However, she prob- ably Intends to act as a watch dog In the far east in behalf of Britain and France." Mlyako (independent, liberal-progressive) liberal-progressive) "We want to know whether America Intends to replace re-place Britain and Franc through Intervention in th far east. We hop for early restoration of the Japanese American commercial, treaty and, moreover, for conclusion conclu-sion of a pacific nonaggression pact with America." Th United States denounced its commercial treaty with Japan recently. re-cently. Official spokesmen nave said that despite th true In fighting In th Outer Mongolta-Manchuku Mongolta-Manchuku frontier, Japan doea not now Intend to negotiate a non-aggression non-aggression treaty with Russia. - |