Tokio, April 1.
The Foreign Office has issued the following statement "Subsequent to the formation of the quadruple Consortium, unwarranted utterances, due to misconceptions, have caused the presentation to China of the Consortium's dossier.
Japan, consid-' ering that it was now opportune, recently proposed to the other Powers that the dossier should be published. They having accepted this proposal, the dossier is published to-day.
"Previous statements have clarin fied the circumstances of the formation of the Consortium and Japan's position. It is however worthy of note that, the chief object of the Consortium is to en-ste concord and ce-operation between the Powers in order to promote the welfare of China and it should especially be remembered that the Consortium's mission is economic and that it has no political complexion whatever.
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