Tokyo, Mar. 14.
A conference of smaller parties the Lower House of Parlisment to-day failed to agree to proposal to Introduce, a. re-Solution in the Diet expressing a Tack o¢ confidence in the Foreign Minister, Mr. Naotako Sato, bee feause of their dissatisfaction with his statement of Japan's foreign policy.
Some prominent party members said"here to-day" that Japan's foreign policies were weakening. They also openly assorted. that Mr. Sato talks too much—United Press. might lead to a rupture of relations with other nations, confident that this accord will not drag our nation into an Euro-can conflict," he declared, a that he will attempt the continuity of the: Government's foreign policy by examining Mr, Kok! Hirota's "three-point In the light of views expressed by" the Premier, Ger Senjuro Hayashi, in his. concurrent capacity as Foreign Minister, In his speech" before the Diet on February 1 He added that he would "follow any parts of the policy of the Hirota Cabinet that can be retained."
Mr, Sato's speech served as a cons hamation of carlier reports, secured by Domei from authoritative sources, that he would. reconsider Japan' polley towards China in the coming fow weeks.
As a first stop in this direction, Domei was informed, the Ambassador. to China, Mr, Shigeru Kawagoe, will be ordered to return to Tokyo to make a comprehensive report to Mr. Sato on the current developments In China, Kawagoe's report, as well as the views of the Ministers of War trid Navy, ill be Afr. Sale' main fulding pests reformulating Japan's Mtutude towards her neighbour, Mr, Sale, 1 was learned, Is sym pathcte towards China's Reported Tire to abrogate extratersitoral rights fud "various, so-called." "unequal treat" He, however, believes that, Ghina" rust" remutate "her Sudlelal fyntem "before foreign powers. alspense "with the "extraterritorial
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