Tokyo, Jan. 6, It a learned from an official source that the Japanese Government has yeaion to believe that Russia. will not accept the invitation to the pre-Timinary' disarmament conference Whilst realizing that Soviet nonparticipation will adversely affect the prospects of the Conference, it understood that the Government confident that the preliminary conference will, nevertheless, help to improve the international atmosphere, and maybe, during the interval between the preliminary and the main conferences, Russia can be persuaded to enter and participate in, the latter.
Though at first inclined to adopt 4 non-committal attitude, the press recently has been devoting much attention to the disarmament question and is welcoming the coming ¢onference, the results of which, it is generally believed, will be evan more important than' the ton Conference. The latter contingent depends on the participation of Armeriea, Russia and Germany, whied hoped for ey all.—Reuter's Pacific Service, U. S. Resolution in Favour of Participation Washington, Jan. 6.
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