No Political Alliance with the Soviets: Tightening Relations with Western Powers Paris, Apr. 8.
Matin" publishes to-day statement by Baron Shidehara, [Japanese Foreign Minister, conve fed through che Japanese Embass; to the effect that, apart from the Russo-Japanese Treaty already me tegrally published, nothing was con-eluded between the two countries It is nonsense, says Baron Shidehara, to allege that Japaa would have contracted an engagement incompatible with its duty towards the League of Nations, to hich it rematng resolutely ith-
Mutin® adds that, far from planning a political alliance with the Soviet, Japan is endeavouring to tighten its relations with the West fern Powers, expecially France—Reuter.
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