Mukden, Jan, 10.
'The Manchoukuo Oil' "Monopoly which occupied world-wide attention so short a time ago seemed to have Keen crowded out of the news of late, but recent London papers reen-d the question being raised in the House of Commons. The reply given Indicated that the British Government had received no official information from the Japanese Government since the last protest was transmitted to the Tokyo Foreign OMlee, Mr, Hoshino, Chief of the General Affats Bureau! of the Department of Finance at Hsinking, was asked for slatement as to the status of their negotiations with the foreign all companies, Mr. Hoshino, than whom no one is better Informed on the intimate details of the finances of Manchoukuo, explained the situation from the view point of his department substantially as follows:—The questions raised in negotiations with foreign all interests have been divided into two parts. The first to be considered was the matter of the large stocks held by the foreign companies at the time when the El! Monopoly Law was enforced, that Is on April 10, 1935, The second part concerns the properties held by the foreign oil companies.
Until now the main' subject of discussion has been the matter of all socks. Mr, Hoshino stated that the, authorities concerned had met with the representatives of three foreign of companies many times, both in Tokyo and in Hsinking, and that Analy they had reached a cordial understanding. The stocks had been ought. They had shaken hands and parted,
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