Visitors Hold Talks with Local Chinese Leaders: Hopes for Sincerity and Ca-operation Bringing their schedule of societ functions to a temporary halt, the thirteen" members of the Japanese Economic Mission to China: on March, 10 settled down to business.
Convened in a general meeting of. the Sino-Japanese Trade Association fat the Chinese General Chamber Commerce, North Soochow Road, the Japanese group engaged In_a detailed Aiseussion with Chinese leaders in banking and business of various proposals on how to promote better commercial relations' between their two. countries, With 241 Chinese and 48 Japanese {im attendance, the meeting was called to order at 330 o'clock by Mr. Hsu the peace and prosperity of the Orient." Mr. Kodama said.
"Narrow Nationalism" Deplored 'A plea for the. abandonment of narrow nationalism" in the read: Justment of Sino-Japanese relations was, voiced on March 19 by the Japan exe Consul-General, Mr. Tatsuo Kawai, at a dinner given by him in honour of the visiting Japanese Economic" mission.
"In dealing with Sino-Japanese problems," Mr. Kawai declared, "the leeding businessmen of the two na-tinns must regard them from the broader point of view of the welfare of the entice Orient, Mr, Chow Tso-ming, president of the host "Association, welcomed the visitors and then rendered a report fon the activities of the Association, Singe its formation eighteen months ago.
Regrelting that political dimculties had. prevented the holding of a general meeting earlier, Mr. Chow reiterated that national economies and polities. were inseparable.
though Japan was responsible for nly fifteen per cent. of China's total foreign trade last year and China took only seven per cent. of Japan's total foreign trade during the same period, Mr. chow said, there was Ample' room for futher expansion.
Political obstacles, and. political obstacles "alone," Mr. Chow. emphasized" are the clements provent~ Ing an increase in our mutual trade, We must revaluate the state of affairs between our two countries in seeking. to remove such obstacles."
Mr. Kodama responded thanking the members of the host Association for their welcome and expressing the hope that the present exchange of views would promote better feeling between the two nations, 'Two resolutions, urging the begin-ring of resewveh' and planning for closer economic ce-operation between China and Jagan, were subsequently introduced jointly by Mr. Chow and Mr, Kodama, Inasmuch as economies and polities wore inseparable, It. was necessary to make now preparations for the day when the political situa tion would "permit the immediate realization of ce-operative endeavors, the proposals said, These were adopted by unanimity.
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