London, Apr. 8.
At the annual meeting of the China Association to-day Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, the chairman, emphasized the importance of the desire express sed by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. N. Sato, in the House of Peers on March 8, for new relations with Chins. He also. siressed the signiflcance of Mr. Sato's intention of re-examining the north China question with a view to effecting a compromise:
"It this apparent turning of 9 new! page by Japan becomes a fact, we jape, the Chinese Government" and people will meet. Japan halt' way." Mr. Bernard declared.
He congratulated the Chinese Government on its many reconstruction Accomplishments "and projects, and especially on its attempt to improve the conditions of the peasantry as the surest way {o combat Communism.
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