Tokyo, June 15.
A fresh attempt at bringing about an improvement in Anglo-Japanese relations has become apparent here during the last few days. This at} tempt is being undertaken mainly: with a view to surmounting the difficulties of a political and economic character caused by the China conflict.
Whereas Britain was until quite recently represented as the main instigator of the Chinese resistance, there is now almost an unqualified desire expressed in nearly every issue of the leading Japanese newspapers for the re-establishment of good relations with Britain. Much, for instance, is being made of the fact that General Kazushige Ugaki, the new Foreign Minister, has already had several talks with Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokyo, with the object, it is claimed, of settling differences which have arisen out of the Sino-JapaneseChostilities.
According to the newspaper "Mi-yoko Shimbun," the new Japanese Foreign Minister is very keen on maintaining good relations with the United, States of America as a preliminary to reaching an understanding with Britain. If he is successful in this direction, he will tackle the task of easing off the tension existing between Japan and Soviet Russia.
All Japanese newspapers are agreed that every attempt to bring about a rapprochement in this direction will be frustrated at the outset if Britain continues to lend alleged support to the Chinese Nationalist Government.
Britain, it is contended, is not impelled to lend support of this sort in order to safeguard British interests in China, seeing that Japan has repeatedly undertaken to respect British interests in China in full—
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