Tokyo, Mar. 29.
Early solution of the Shanghai Customs issue was seen to-day by the well-informed y the result of the arrival here of Mr. E. L. Hall-Patch, Financial Adviser to the British Embassy in China The British economist the daily said, will apparently assist Sir Robert L. Craigie, British Ambassador here. in his negotiations with Mr, Kensuke Horinouchi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Great Britain, the journal said, is obviously awakening to the realities of the situation in China, whose latest manifestations included inauguration of a new "Reformed Government" in Nanking yesterday; creation of a Sino-Japanese Economic Council in Peiping to supervise the economic development in North China and control of navigation in the waterways of Central China as proclaimed by the Japanese authorities.—Domei.
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