The Archive · 1936

Fresh Japanese Demands

Pressure on Government to Control Agitation Tokyo, June 12.

The Nanking Government will be pressed to control anti-Japanese agi-{ation in China when Mer. Shigera Kawagoe, the newly-appointed Am-[bassador, arrives in Nanking, it is semi-officially slated here to-day. The Ambassador, who is to leave for China on June 20, will also, it is reported, press for the realization of ce-opera tion between China, Japan, and Manchoukuo; a lower "import tarlif on Japanese goods, "to alleviate the smuggling situation;" and recognition Japan's special position in Chins.

Mr. Kawagoe is reported to have been instructed to say that recogni ton of Japan's special position in China is the only acceptable means to pave the way for economic cooperation between China and Japan, after which Japan would be ready to ce-operate with Britain's wide economic interests in China, in order to avoid misunderstandings—Reuter,

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