Manchester, July 21.
Leading rivals for supremacy in the world's textile trade met here to-day for a mutual discussion of their problems, Twenty leading Manchester industrialists to-night entertained at the Queen's Hotel here the Japanese Economic Mission to Europe and America, headed by Mr. Chokuro Kadano, vice-president of Okurá
A frank discussion of view: designed to further mutual understanding, took place at the function, but it' was understood that no official conversations were held during the two-day visit of the mission.
The dinner culminated a bus schedule for the mission, which w: taken around various places of interest in England's industrial capital. Factories were thrown open to the visitors in spite of the bitter rivalry between Lancashire and Osaka.
This deeply impressed the mem-vers of the Japanese party, who unanimously- described the atmosphere in Manchester as "extremely friendly."
Antagonism could not be discerned, a leading member of the mission said.
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