Imperial Conference Decisions Issued in Tokyo as Public' Statement of Future Policy Tokyo, Jan. 16, 'APAN'S intention to cease relations with the former Nanking Government was formally announced here at noon to-day.
'The Japanese Government, the momentous declaration said, anticipates the creation of. a new regime and expresses its readiness to ce-operate with such an administration in the establishment of a "new China.'
Sino-Japanese problems, the [statement continued, will be settled through diplomatic negotia~ tions with the newly-created government.
There has been no change in the Japanese Government's policy of respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of China and the rights and interests of Foreign Powers, the declaration emphasized.
"In order to afford the Nationalist JGovernment Its last chance to ree Jeonsider its attitude", the statement /said. "the Imperial Government has jwaifed since the fall of Nanking until to-day.
"However. the Nationalist Govern. ment has failed to appreciate thi Government's true motives and made reckless plans for a continued resist-
"In doing so, it utterly disregarded the indescribable misery of its own Jeountrymen and never stopped to Jeonsider the peace of the entire Far Japan's responsibility in connec" lon with thie maintenance of peace jin the Orient the declaration said:
now "great and heavy," and "it is the Government's earnest desire. that the people will exert still greater efforts to full this grave responsl-
Imperial sanction for the epochal statement was obtained last night by the Premier, Prince Konoye. who went to the Imperial Palace and made 9 detailed report to Emperor Hirohito on the text of the declaration.
"A decision on the context of the statement was reached yesterday at Joint conference of members of the riner Cabinet and the Imperial General Headquarters.
Later. the draft of the statement was given formal approval by the Cabinet in an emergency session.
One of the most imposing assem= bags of Japanese governmental and military officials in recent times featured the Joint conference of the Shanwhal, Is reported to have conferred there with the Japanese Am= [bassador and the local Japanese army and navy authorities, and to have rathered data and opinions on what the Japanese Government's policy should be concerning the recognition for the numerous new regimes which Jare being set up in China under [Jananese auspices.
In this connection the "Miyako Jshimbun" "forecasts that Japan's policies wilt develop along the fol-
Cabinet and the general headquartcers at the oMelal residence of Prince Konoye yesterday.
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