Ending © 12-day stay in Shanghai and Nanking, Mr, Ken} Kodama and three members' of the Japanese Economic Mission to China which he headed, left here for Tokyo on March 27-40 the s, Shanghai, Maru, Other members of the group left here earlier In the week, three of them Alrectiy for Japan and the rest by way of North China and Dairen, Tha. statement, issued through Domei on March 30, Me. ShoS!, who addition tothe ¥.70,075,000' Toyo concern heads the ¥.10,000,000 Vu Fong mill in Shanghai and the powerful Dal Nippon Cotton Textile Asso-lation, disclosed the nature of conversations held between the Chinese and Japanese spinners on March 10 and 21, "At these meetings, he said, the Chi-nero industrialists asked for Japan's hssistanee In. increasing China's. out put of raw cotton and in improving quality, and. also expressed hope that colton trade might, become the vehicle through which Sino-Japanese relations could. be Improved, China, the local spinners told the visitors, has spared no effort in me creasing hor production of raw cot~ ton, which in'1036 reached 14,000,000 plouts, a gain of 6,000,000 piculs from the preceding year, The Chincke' spinners were also quoted by Mr, Shoji as saying that by 1042 China will not only supply the requirements of Its cotton textile Industry, but would also be able to export annually 10,000,000 piculs to Japan, China, they were further repre sented by Mr. Shoji as saying, hopes win at Toast a halt of Japan's '¥,000,000,000 annual purchases of raw cotton from the United States and British India.
"These conversations," Mr, Shell concluded, "culminated in a decision to form a joint textile industrialists' body to promote common interests and to study methods of increasing production of raw cotton and improv-Ing its quality.
Frank Exchange of Views another statement, issued on Friday, Mr. Kodama expressed satis: faction with the "free and frank" exchange of views which the mission had" with" Chinese oMeials and He also disclosed that the following conerete results were achieved by the mission during Its Brief visit here:
1, Establishment of investigation secifons in the Sino-Japanese Trade Associations here and in Tokyo. to study ways and means of promoting commerce between the two nations.
'2, Maintenance of a close liaison between the financial interests of the two nations '3, Tnereased production of raw cation and improvement of its quality; formation of a Sino-Japanese textile industrialists' body to promote common interests; '4. Formation of special committees in China and Japan to deal with various branches of industry to advance common interests, Ing been actively engaged in the carly revolutionary movement, he busy became Assistant Chief of General Staff of the Military Government of Klengsi Province and concurrently Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in IL. Other positions he held included that of 'Counsellor p the President and Generalissimo, Dr. Sun Yatsen, in Canton, Magistrate of Chungshan Hsien,' Commissioner General of Police of Kwangtung Province, Commander of Gendarmes of Kwangtung Province, who were Feorganized into the Seventeenth Division of the Nationalist Army, and Commissioner of Reconstruction of Kwangtung.
Gen. Chiang's Suggestion The qualities of a prospective candidate as Mayor of Shanghai were suggested by the Shanghai Kuomintang In a telegram to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, president of. the Executive Yuan, now visiting Hangchow.
'The Mayor, the telegram said, must rst be one who has @ long revolutionary record and has rendered meritorious services to the Party and state, Secondly, he must be familiar with' the local' conditions and well
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