Evening star., 1940-09-27
Not Necessarily
Entering War;.
Toxic Says

lOklO, OepI. Li.-JdpdH Will
try to live up to her new re-
sponsibilities under the Rome
Berlin alliance by peaceful
means, but there is no telling
whether there might not arise
occasions land circumstances
calling for momentous decisions
on her part, Foreign Minister
Yosuke Matsuoka told the ma
ton tonight.
In broadcast he reiterated, how
ever, the statement of Foreign Office
Spokesman Yakichiro Suma that the
pact does not necessarily mean
Japan will enter the European war.
The announcement of the signing
of the new pact did not create great
excitement throughout the nation.
Newspapers went on the streets with
extras, but the populace remained
silent and quiet.
Suma said Japan had not aban-
doned hope of composing her differ
ences with the United States.
Suma declined to make any COM
ment on the fifth article of the pact,
which says 1t has no bearing on
existing commitments of the sigma
tories with the Soviet Union.
(Advices received by the Asso-
ciated Press in New York two
days ago said the three-poWer
pact was about to be announced,
largely as result of negotiations
carried on in Toxic by a special
envoy from Adolf Hitler, Heinrich
Georg Stahmer)
I'VE are not going to participate
in the European war. We are not
going to attack any country Suma
said, adding the purpose of the pact
was to solidify the community OF
interests of the signatories.
Clash Seen Inevitable.
The signing of the pact came at a
time when japanese sources asserted
that the United States. having en-
bargoed scrap metal shipments 10
Japan. definitely had allied herself
with Britain and China.
A clash between Japan and the
United States now seems inevi-
table" said the influential news
paper Asahi.
Suma said such words as "at-
tackled" and others used in the
summary were more closely defined
in the actual text of the treaty,
which might be published in the
future. (The text issued in Berlin
today was described as the official
text
Asked directly whether the treaty
would be applied to Soviet Russia
if she attacked any contracting
party, Suma replied, THE treaty
neither is delimited to any one
country nor does it except any one
country"
He said the article regarding the
Soviet Union is clear as it stands. +"
Discrimination Charged.
Authoritative circles expressed
belief that President Roosevelt's ac-
tion in embargoing scrap metal ex-
ports except to Western Hemisphere
nations and Britain after october 16
was aimed directly at Japan and
might be only the prelude to COM
plete embargo to thWart her expan-
sion program.
1t generally was expected For
eign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
would deliver to United States Am
bassador Joseph c. Grew strong
enunciation of the japanese view
that the new measure is discrimin-
atory
Suma recalled that the Japa-
nese Ambassador to Washington
repeatedly had transmitted to the
United States State Department
"our intentions and observations
regarding discriminatory measures.
Asahi, commenting upon the scrap
metal embargo and the Export
Import Banks announcement of a
new s25,OOO,OOO loan to China, said
that by assisting the Chungking
government the United States prob
ably seeks to peg Japan's southwark
movement"
"It now seems inevitable" the
paper observed, that clash will
occur between a Japan determined
to establish a sphere of self-suff-
cheney and a United States equally
doterroipad tn nSddle in affairs m
the other side of vast ocean with
every hostile means short of war"
Posters, printed in Japanese ano
(See TOXIC, Page A-3D