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( d dand and have been for more morf > than ten tenyears tenyears tenyears tenyearsJapan's years yearsJnpan's yearsJapan's Japan's Japans Jnpan's Jnpans ' claims lie In the fact that thatone thatone thatone one of their mtionals n1t1onnls nationals hid Il\d Il d ' \ e'3tnblished e3tnblished established e'3tnblishedI e'3tnblishedphosphate establishedphosphate establishedphosphate ' I phosphate works worl3 , ' on the Islinds Isl'lnds Isllnds lslands ' beV sev beVeral several beveral eral years . } ears enrs ago and h hid I id &pi.nt pi.nt pint spent & pLnt . more morethan morethan morethan than a million mllIJon yen 3 , } en In the construction constructionof constructionot ot of warehouses warehou's warehous ' ) ( ' and ' clilih 'Cllhn Cllhn chili that 120 12U IDLD men IDLDdied mendied nundied died tncre tm.re tmre tocre . due to tho the 'llUpo llUpo 'Inipobslble Inipobslble impossible ' sllJle tlI ell tlIDI'lte ellSuite ( .11unte 11unte . DI'lte DIlte Suite ' : , ' but they stiliunt still stili want \\unt unt vsuut \ the place Iiance's Iiances IIIlDCC'S IIIlDCCS lance's lances I placeIiance's placeIIIlDCC'S placeI ' answer nnS\\er nnS er \ to the Taps Japs is elm situ elmvie situple : ; slinpie vie ple ' 'J J " ' " 'T.t T.t Tt ' * ! . f the Japanese wanted the Is finds I inds wds n \ why hy by didn ddn [ t they stjv stay st 1) 1 < ) there there'Ihe thereIhe ? 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( . , islinds Isl'lnds Isllnds islands ' " wlilcli "hlch hlch wirch ( are areadmittedly areadmittedly arcadmittedly admittedly uninhabited an and of little littleor littleor littleor or no noiluc no1lue \iluc iluc \1lue 1lue \ } clue ' and take tal.e tale . the necesslry necessiry necesslry'lsures necessirymeasures necessirymcisurcs \'lsures 'lsures lsures measures [ } \ ( ' to protect our shipping In Intere intere interests tere ts ' [ itecently etcutly Recently ( Charge d Affalres Allalres S.1wad\ S.1wad Sawuds S.1wadof Sjwadiof . ' \ , , of tne tale tae J ipancse Ipanese embassy embssy : , called tailed at the therrench theFrench theFrench rrench French forel foreign n ohce o1lce office ! ( andccordlng and ' \ ' iccording \ccordlng ccordlng 'tccording tccording to toS'l toSaw toSivv S'l\\ S'l Sl Saw S'llda ' \ ida lda liirnself hlmselr himself , prote protested < ; ted I r rench SO\ SO sot SOereibnty sotereignty sovtirelfcnty \ ereibnty ereignty \ over O\er O er aver the gioup gloup group seating tatlng stating that thatJdp.tn thatJapan thatJapan Jdp.tn Jdptn Japan . was about to proclaim them as asNlpponebe asNippnnese asNipponese Nlpponebe Nippnnese possessions'the possessions posesslon ' ) , ' T.hc Thc 1he 'the the . foreign onice otllce ofhice presented presentuj an en entll enthely entlieli tll thely el ) difTerent dlfTrent different . , version vcrslon of or the S'1WUd1 S1WUd1 Sawadu S'1WUd1visit Sawaduvisit Siwudivisit ' visit claiming churning that S\\ S Sivvudi Sud Sauvadi ' ) \ \ ud I nlel mere me e1\ e1 e1dropped el\droiped el droiped \ ] \ } dropped ) In 1n to Inquire uii as a to Whl whither whitherTapunese whitliu-Tapmese whitliu Tapmese thu thuTap'lnese - Tap'lnese Taplnese Tapunese ' commercial commercml interests intere"ts interets " yould would youldbe wouldbe , wouldbe be carefully careful1y safeguarded snfltll'lrdc snfltlllrdc safcgtarded . ; : ' > d by the therrench theTrench theFrench rrench Trench The Qua Qual ! d Orsay bpukesnian bpoL.l'sman bpoL.lsman bpoLlsman spokesman . ' stated that \ Mr l\tr l tr Siwada S'lwnda Slwnda Sawada ' was assUled assured assUledthat assuredthat assuiedthat that II.tnce IItnce I lance fiance . would make mahe It Its duty dutyto dutyto dutyto to see that tllat Tapanese Japanese property on tht the theislands theislinds ' Isl'lnds Isllnds islands ' would be respected and that thatllr thatMr thatAir l\lr l lr Mr \ Siwada S'1wadn S1wadn Savvada ' left evidently eHdentIy eidently } quite snUs satis snUsfied satisfled satisled satisledIn fied fled ( fiedIn fledIn In the meantimeho meantime , who \\ho ho \ own owns , : ; the Is- Is - Island Is Islands7 . lands7 lands land ? |
