Tokyo, Nov. 7.
The conclusion of the protocol providing for joint defence against the Comintern "means a realization of the aims of the anti-Comintern ich the Japanese Govern-ever been consistently pu:
a spokesman of the Gaimusho red last night.
Article Two of the Anti-Comintern pact concluded in Berlin between Japan and Germany on November of last year provides that the two countries will Jointly invite the participation of third Powers in the agreement", the spokesman recalled.
"It is in accordance with this provision", he went on, "that the participation of Italy has been brought about,—a country as firmly determined as Japan and Germany in its opposition to the destructive operations of the Comintern.
"The cordial relations now existing among Japan, Germany and Italy will be further promoted through the conclusion of the present protocol, which means the realization of the ist Pact between. Italy, Germany and Japan might be interpreted as a joint answer to President lined in his Chicago address, it diplomatic observers.
signatories invite third nations s endangered by "disruptive activities of tion of its signatories on many inked with Communism. aims of the anti-Comintern policy h the Japanese Government has consistently pursuing, no change in Japan's desire for the participation in the present agreement by all other powers, as long as these agree with her on the point of opposing Communism."
Felicitations Cabled Immediately after the accord was signed in Rome by Count Galezzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister; Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's envoy; and Mr. Masaaki Hotta, Japanese Ambassador; the Premier, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, cabled his felicitations to Signor Benito Mussolini and Herr Hitler.
In a statement issued last night, Prince Konoye ascribed the Sino-Japanese dispute to the Cominten "machirmations" and declared that "it is a moral mission imposed upon Japan by her political structure and national policy to prevent and suppress the evils of Communism and the Comintern."—Domei.
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