TOKYO, Feb. 5, 1932 (UP) -- A statement characterized as highly significant and embodying "gave decisions" concerning Japan's activities in China was being prepared for immediate announcement, it was learned today.
A spokesman at the Foreign Office said the statement would give reasons for Japan's activities in the Shanghai area. He said it should be ready late today or tomorrow.
The cabinet late today still was considering whether to dispatch regular army forces to Shanghai to reinforce marines there. Reports that a division had been ordered to proceed to Shanghai were classified as rumors.
The statement followed an announcement that Japan might consent to international control of the lower Yangtze Valley if the powers suggest such a move.
The spokesman said Ambassador Debuchi in Washington unintentionally had denied to Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson certain events now happening in China. He said the government had not advised its embassies abroad regarding its plans.
However, Debuchi now has been advised fully, he said, and presumably has informed Stimson. It was admitted Debuchi might be embarrassed but suggestions he might resign were ridiculed.
Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai called on Emperor Hirohito after the cabinet session at which the government's statement outlining reasons for its activities was understood to have been discussed.
Admiral Nomura, named to take over command of Japan's naval forces at Shanghai from Admiral Shiosawa, sailed for Shanghai at 6 p. m. (4 a. m. E. S. T.) from the naval base at Sasebo, in southern Japan.
The next move in efforts to restore peace in China, the spokesman said, was up to the powers following Japan's reply rejecting two points in the proposals sponsored by America and Britain.
(Copyright 1932 by United Press)