Tokyo, May 11.
Mr. Joseph C. Grew, American Ambassador to Japan, this morning called on Mr. Hachiro Arita, the For eign Minister, for a prolonged conversation during which the envoy sought to obtain speedier solution of various questions pending between the United States and China in con nection with the Sino-Japanese conflict.
Mr. Grew, the newspaper "Nichl-Nichi" said, would sail from Yokohama for the United States in the s. Empress of Canada on May 19. He was due to return io Japan in September, according to the daily. Deme This picture shows S.M.P.'s Hard Task Admitted London, May 10.
In the House of Commons today, Sir John Haslam, Conservative member for Bolton, asked whether the attention of the Japanese Government would be called to the dificult ties experienced by the Shanghai Municipal Council in preserving law and order in the International Settlement owing to the chaotic conditions and lawlessness prevailing in the Japanese-controlled districts surrounding the Settlement.
In a written reply, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that the attention of the Japanese authorities had already been drawn to these difficulties.
—Reuter.
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