Immediate suspension of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union was demanded in a petition submitted to the Government to-day by the ultrareactionary Japan Production Party.
The petition, copies of which were received ty the Premier, Prince Fumimaro Konoye; the Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota; Gen. Gen Sugiyama, War Minister, and Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai; Navy Minister. urged them to rally the nation to the cause of diplomacy "based on justice."
The Japan Production Party, affiliated with the notorious "Black Dragon Society," is headed by Mr. Ryohei Uchida, a disciple of Mr: Mitsuru Toyama, who for more than fifty years has beer. regarded as the leading figure of Japan's superpatriotic movement.
The petition was filed while the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, continued negotiations with the Soviet Foreign -Commissar, Mr. Maxim Litvinoff, for the settlement of Wednesday's sanguinary clash on the Amur River.
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