High Government officials to-day told "Domei that the Premier, Gen. Senjuro Hayashi, will continue to ignore demands made by the major political parties for his resignation fs the Cabinet has "made up its mind" to face the extraordinary session of the Diet, opening in August, before deciding on its course of action.
Gen, Hayashi, they added, Is "taking a rosy view of the situation" in the belief the two major parties, the Minseito and the Seiyukai, would "cool off" before the convocation of the Diet 'A "potential threat* to Japanese commercial expansion in China was foreseen to-day by Count Htideo Kodama, Minister of Communications, in the foreign-managed air-lines of China.
Addressing a meeting of provincial governors, Count Kodama drew the attention of his audience to the extension of British, American, French and German alr-lines to the Far Bast and, particularly, their recent activitles'in China.
"It is generally agreed in our country that the expansion of aerial enterprises is the most urgent among Our pressing requirements," the Minister continued, declaring that the Government was exhausting all efforts this. direction.
Among the steps taken by the thorities, Count Kodama said was the
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