The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-11
United States Ready
 To Clash With Japan
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ed with Great interest in Japan a! it coincided with press reports o1 plans for intensified cooperation among the United States, Britain Russia and China.
 The Japanese reports viewed thi! cooperation building up toward thest possibilities:
 Joint American and Russian "aic and strategy" in the East Siberis area.
 Americana British aid for Chins against Japan.
 Participation of Australian ane Burmese forces in the defense O southwestern China.
 American-BritiSh aid in China military operations in northwestern China.
 Four Ordinances
 Four ordinances to the genera mobilization act, submitted recently by Premier Prince Fumimaro Ko. noye to mobilize the national eco nomica!ly and financially, were ap. proved by the imperial council.
 They affected stock exchange op. erations, shipping, appraisal of cor. poration owned stocks and price control ordinance supersedes price fixing regulations, in operation since last September, affecting more than, 1000 articles. A government spokesman said he had no official knowledge of reports that Japan had warned the United States not to send American ships to VladivoStok with war supplies for Russia.
 It was recalled that last month | the spokesman, Ron 1shii, said Japan would be seriously concerned if the United States sent Russia supplies by way of Vladivostok. Newspapers since then have talk en the view that for the United States to try to supply Russia by way of the Pacific might invite German submarine activity and bring the war close to Japan'S shores.
 Will Not Allow Passage
 Shanghai, Aug. 11-(UP)-Japan was reported tonight by informed quarters to have indicated strongly that it would not permit passage of United States vessels to Vladi- vostok with war cargoeS for Russia (An offiSial spokesman in Tokyo said he had not heard the report.)
 Informed Japanese quarters heard similar reports, but believed Tokyo merely had notified Washington il would be "gravely concerned" ovei such shipments as Koh Ishii, the cabinet spokesman, had pointed out recently.
 A Japanese spokesman said he doubted that Japan actually hac served 8 warning on the United States.
 The reports said Tokyo had indi. cated to the United States that American ships bound for Vladi- voStok would be halted and turned back on the ground that the ship ments might reach China, thus al the same time aiding Germany anc blocking the possibility that the supplies might later be used against Japan.
 Halting shipments on the ground informed quarters pointed out would give Japan ready answer tc likely Russian protests.
 Japan was reported meanwhile tc have concentrated 100000 men ir Manchukuo, Korea and North China along the Russian Siberian frontier
 Diplomatic reports from Tokyo said the Japanese have decided tc "Soft-pedal' the Thailland issue fol fear of involvement in war with Great Britain and the United States.
 Reports of big Japanese troop concentrations on the Siberian front coincided with statement by Japa- nese military quarters that Japan expects a decisive turn" in the Russo German war within the next two weeks.
 Shanghai shippers said they had no knowledge of the arrival of any American vessels at Vladivostok within the last three weeks. They added, however, that any such ar- rivals probably would be kept secret.
 Guerrilla Attack Chengchow, China, Aug. 11-(UP) By Courier via ShanghaD --Chin- csc troops have started a general Guerrilla counter attack north of the Yellow River to prevent the Japanese from withdrawing troops for use either against Russia or Great Britain, a high military of- ficer said today.
 (The United Press Shanghai bur- eau, which relayed the dispatch quoted military reports that num- erous Japanese wounded were ar- irving at Peiping as the result of the Chinese offensive).
 The military informant said the Chinese were attacking in keeping with an unwritten Chinese British agreement by which the Chinese would attack throughout Northern China in order to prevent troop withdrawals.
 This informant said China had offered to send two first rate armies to reinforce the British in Burma. Britakn. he said, declined the offer but said Britain would agree to the pesSage of Chinese troops if the Japanese threatened Burma through Thailand.