Tokyo, Oct. 6.
As the Premier is at present absent attending the annual grand marauvres, no developments in the [situation between China and Japan are anticipated during the next few days, but there are good reasons fo: believing that tke Government is expecting a definite change for the better in the very near future, soon as the National Government is installed.
Though official circles are inclined to be reticent it is learned from a reliable source that the Government. is counting on the new National Government cancelling the abrogation of the Sino-Japanese Commercial Treaty, in which case the main obstacle inthe way of the opening. of negotiations for the solution of outstanding problems would' be removed, and Japan would willingly enter into negotiations with China.
Oct. 9.
Though it is stated that no concrete decisions were reached during the interview at Shanghai on Octoder 7 between Me. T. V. Soong, the Nationalist Minister of Finance, and Mr. S. Yada; the Japanese Consul-General at Shanghai, Foreign Office circles predict the early opening of 'a'basic talk preliminary to the initiation of negotiations in regard to the settlement of outstanding questions between China and Japan.
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