Tokyo, Sept. 6.
"My mission;" declared Sir Frederick, "is to conduct an investiation into economic and. financial Problems at present confronting China, and report on my findings to the British Government. 1 am visiting Japan because I desire to exchange views with Japanese officials "and financiers on' Anglo-Jepanese relations in China, ju which Great Britain and Japan' have a common interest."
He declined to state what proposals. he would make to Mr. Hirota but added:—"I can say definitely. that I wish to exchange views mainly on financial problems and possibly also on_Anglo-Japanese trade relations."
The "Nichi Nichi," in an editorial to-day, says that Sir Frederick's mission lies in formulating an effective programme for steadying British influence in the Far East, which is now declining rapidly. The journal surmises that the British Government fis fully aware that a full understanding with Japan is necessary for! the rehabilitation of British economies in China.
'Mr, Shinjiro Matsuyama, Commercial "Counsellor of the' Japanese Embassy at London, who also arrived on the Empress of Asis, told news paper reporters that Anglo-Japanese trade relations could be readjusted to the mutual satisfaction of both countries. He stated that the British quota aystem, which Japan opposes, could be abolished if Japan would make a proposal advantageous to Great Britain—Reuter.
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