Tokyo, Oct. 28.
Addressing a party meeting at Gifu yesterday, Viscount Rate, riter, alia, dealt' with the Govern= ment's policy with regard to Russia and China.
Answering advocates of im= mediate recognition of the Soviet, he described! as a fallacy the idea that immediate resumption of relations would mean brisk recovery of trade. He drew attention to Jap limited pre-war trade with Russ and also the Soviet's present economic system, which, he asserted, was detrimental to trade. Viscount Kato pointed out that ill-considered resumption of relations would entail for Japan the sacrifice of many vital interests.
As regards China, the Premier deplored the continuance of the pre= sent struggle. He emphasized the Government's stand of non-interference and denounced those who were loud in their demands for intervention on one side or the other—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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