Japanese Prepared to Act
If Nanking Parley Fails;
Foreign Office Pessimistic
TOKYO, Sept. 25—Hope of averting a breach between Japan and
China is believed here to lie in the
present negotiations with Nanking.
Official quarters appear pessimistic
as to the results.
A foreign office spokesman stated
that "unless the Chinese show more
sincerity, there is reason to fear that
the present negotiations will be
futile and will end without result.
In that case we must take other
measures, with great determination."
Objectives Plain
No information is available here
as to the contents of the demands
made by the Japanese Ambassador
to China, Shigeru Kawagoe, to the
Chinese negotiators. But there is
official authority for stating that
Japan believes there is integral connection between the settlement of
the disputed points with Nanking
and elimination of anti-Japanese
sentiment in China and that both
these objectives must be realized before the present crisis can be considered as ended.
This attitude enlarges and complicates the scope of the discussion
because it is obviously easier for
Gen. Chiang Kai-shek to offer apology and reparation for anti-Japanese outbreaks than to sign the
dotted line of an agreement em-
bodying demands which may directly or by implication greatly extend the Japanese political and economic influence in China.
Alarmed Condition
Characteristic of the alarmed and
angry sentiment of the Japanese
community in China was the declaration of M. Amano, head of the
Japanese Residents' Association of
Shanghai, who stated after arriving
here: "If Nanking fails to show sincerity in responding to Japanese demands, Japan must resort to force
for the purpose of protecting lives
and property of Japanese nationals
in China." The Government must
consider this sentiment, also the indignation of the navy at the shooting of Japanese marines.
As the hope for the success of the
negotiations is admittedly dim,
preparations for drastic action in
the event of further attacks on
Japanese in China are being rushed.
Naval reinforcements are being dispatched and extra military precautions are enforced in the Japanese
concessions at Shanghai and Hankow. Evacuation of Japanese from
parts of China where naval protection cannot be furnished is under consideration.