London, May 9.
The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, was asked in the House of Commons to-day whether he wat sutisfled th result of diplomatic exchanges, Japan would not object to a continuance of the work of the League of Nations in China, He replied that he had no official information of the Japanese attitude in this connection. The subject was not mentioned in the recent Japanese communications.
Mr, Geoffrey Mandor, Liberal member for the East division of Wolverhampton, referred to the communtea. tion of ar. Yokoyama, Japanese Consul-Geneal in Geneva, to. M. Avenol, Secretary-General of ihe League, but Sir John recalled that M. Avenol's statement contradicted some suggestions made—Reuter.
"Like Pre-war Germany"
Berlin, May 10, "Yet Japan, which loves: her fellow Orientals too well to. allow them to be exploited' by the: League' of Nations, regards with. grave suspicion Dr, Rajehman plans for lending halt a dozen. technical experts to help China help "Besides, Japan suspects that there are other' wicked plans for lending money to China. Japan has, therefore, issued easily repudiated warning' to the West to not, of course, forgotten that all members of the League of Nations are solemnly committed to assisting China on the lines of the Rajehman Considerable interest was roused here to-day by a speech made by Admiral Matsushita, commander of the Japanese training ship squadron which "is at present in Marseilles, who is on a visit to Berlin.
Admiral Matsushita was speaking at_a reception of the German-Japanese Association. He said: "The Japanese fatherland finds iteelt in approximately the same position as Germany before the War, the difttculty of which is obvious, but our whole nation is at one in the knowledge that it must strive to achieve the fortune and welfare of the people Jof the fatherland with all vigour.
"Germany and Japan are one "in JeMciency, valour and tenacity. It is ino accident that at this moment both
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