Provincial Governors Gathered in Tokyo Hear Foreign Minister Detail Gaimusho Programme Tokyo, May 17. 'NECESS achieved by the Chinese Government in bringing various local administrations under its control and also in its programme of financial and \dustrial rehabilitation, was lauded to-day by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Naotake Sato, in the course of a speech on Japan's diplomatic relations before the nation's prefectural governors, assembled here to receive instructions from the Premier, Gen. Senjuro Hayashi.
Mr, Sato said he regretted that a series of unfortunate incidents delayed the solution of various pending issues which is necessary for the amelioration of Sino-Japanese relations.
"The united opposition to Japan has nowadays become something like a slogan in China," he said, "The South-western regime, hostile to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, is openly committed to an anti japanese policy. Gen. Chang Houch-liang, during the-Sian Incident, also issued a circular demanding an immediate declaration of war on Japan.
It is clear that anti-Nipponism is not infrequently made a pawn in the game of Chinese domestic politics," he asserted.
'Anti-Japanese sentiment in China Mr, Sato. declared, can partly be tenced toa. misunderstanding Japan's alms. and policies. To dispel this misunderstanding, the Government plans to create' a harmonious atmosphere between the two coun {rles trough more frequent personal contacts and through the promotion fof cultural snd economic ce-opera~ tion.
By these means, Mr. Sato declared, the Government hoped to establish mutually interdependent economic re-Tations between the two nations, on the basis of the common interests of the two peoples, World conditions, he said, remain unsettled and In order {o Improve Sapan's international position it is portant to lake "a comprehensive and ea-ordinated view" of the interna. Monat situation, strengthen Japan's "inseparable" relations with Man~ choukuo and readjust relations with China and Soviet Russia.
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