'The fundamental principles of} Japan's policy towards China are Grmly "established and will not changed unless there is a "sudden' [change in the situation," Vice-Admiral Soemu Toyoda, Director of the Navy! Ministry's Naval Affairs Bureau, told the press last night, following his meeting with Admiral Osami Nagano, Navy Minister.
In the course of the conversation, which was held aboard the battle-; cruiser Hiyel, the Emperor's flagship, Vice-Admiral Toyoda made a detailed, report on the information on the progress of the current Sino-Japanese! negotiations brought to Tokyo last Friday by Mr. Yakichiro Suma, Consul-General in Nanking.
made a full report to Admiral/ Nagano on my Interview with Mr. Suma, and also discussed with him the Navy's attitude towards the cur-Fent negotiations in Nanking," Vice-Admiral Toyoda sdded—Domei.
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