Tokyo, Apr. 13.
Major political developments are expected by the end of next week, immediately after the interview between Marquis Koichi Kido, Minister of Education and Public Welfare, and Prince Kimmochi Saionji, the venerated "Elder Statesman," next Tuesday or Wednesday, This was the belief held today by quarters keeping a close watch on the complex political situation in Tokyo, Despite his indisposition, the Premier, Prince Konoye today con. tinued to receive a stream of callers at his private residence, Among the callers were Admiral Nobumasa On the Tientsin-Pukow Railway front, Chinese vanguards this morning reached a point only four kilometres west of Yihsien. About 2,000 Japanese troops at Kuolichi, north of Yihsien, have moved northeast in the direction of Hsianchen to support the Japanese forces in that area. They are at present said to be engaged by the Chinese near Shuikuo, in-mediately north-east of Kuolichi
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