His obvious willingness to fight if necessary, and the fact that, with the London Naval Conference about to begin, elder states men in Japan were concerned about international opinion and wanted to prevent the "Northeast Autonomous Area" from becoming an issue, lead them to stop the Kwantung Army from expanding the war in China. Thus China had a chance to take a deep breath once more.
是靠他這不惜一戰的態度，加上其時國際正準備在倫敦召開海軍裁軍會議，日本國內元老重臣顧慮國際輿論，不願「華北自治區」問題成為話柄引發爭議，因而制止在華的關東軍擴大戰事，中國再一次得到喘息。