Tokyo, Oct. 19.
"Not a bad idea to take part in the—Nine-Power Conference at Brussels, where Germany, Italy and Portugal will support Japan and attack the anti-Japanese atmosphere," says the "Asahi Shimbun" to-day. "This should rather be Japan's duty," the journal adds.
No formal invitation to the forthcoming Conference is understood to have reached the Japanese Foreign Office so far, although the Japanese Government has been quite informally approached by the Belgian Ambassador, Baron—Bassompierre, regarding the proposed meeting.
The Japanese Government state well-informed circles, will make no decision until. a formal invitation, which is apparently expected, has been received.—Reuter.
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