Tokyo, Oct. 26.
The Cabinet to-day formally endorsed the rejection of the Belgian Government's invitation to Japan to attend the conference of the signatories of the Nine-Power Pact which is to convene in Brussels on October 30, After Imperial sanction is secured, Domei learned, the official Japanese reply to the invitation will be forwarded to Belgium. Domei also understood that simultaneously with the publication of the reply, the Government will make public a statement explaining the reasons why Japan is unable to accept the invitation.—Domei.
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