Restoration Believed to be Feasible Tokyo, Oct. 5.
A very large number of prominent Englishmen favour the restoration of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, and. should Japan favour the move. the conclusion of an agreement should not be difficult, especially since ne objections should be anticipated on the part of the United States, de-lared Lord Barnby, Head of the Federation of British Industries Mission to Manchoukuo, according to today's "Nichi Nichi" a leading daily.
The statement, according to the paper, was made in Nara, while the [British delegation was viewing the sights of the city. The declaration, {the first open statement on a political subject made since the arrival of the Mission In Japan, is attracting wide attention here.
The only obstacle to the resumption of the alliance, continued Lord Barnby, lies in the unregulated trade relations between the two countries, especially in the cotton and cotton plecegoods trade. As soon as these Jquestions are straightened out, the restoration of the agreement should not be dificult.
Lord Barnby is also wald to have stated that he is Interested in form= ing an AnglovJapanese syndicate to tu. business and. industrial Setivities in Manchoukuo. The purpose of the Mission, he said, was to Investigate the possibility of estabishing" economic ce-operation between England, Japan and Manchoukuo.
He emphasized, however, that alt his "statements were his" personal opinions, and that the Mission was authorized to deal only with commercial, and not political, questions
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