Tokyo, Oct. 3, It is learned that the Government will shortly announce Japan's soverance of relations with various ganizations under the auspices of the League of Nations, with the exception of the World Court, This step is being taken as a result of the Councit's adoption of a report concerning the application of Article 16 of the Covenant of Japan.
'The League organizations concerned include the Mandates Commission, the advisory committees on opium and social questions, the international committee on Intellectual eo-operation, economic and health committees, and' the permanent central opium ten months of negotiations. Press dispatches will now be sent from Tokyo directly to New York, San Francisco, and Honolulu at the cost of 20 yoid centimes a word. Former rates were 90 centimes between Japan and San Francisco and fr. 1 centimes 11 between Japan and New York. An exclusive wireless circuit will be devoted to the new service to hasten communications, it was an-be affected immediately as a result of the peaceful settlement of the /Sudeten question and the consequent indications of a possible solution of the Mediterranean question.
'The spokesman observed that would be "scarcely possible that there would be any change in the naval arrangements in. the Far East immediately, nor would the various Powers' naval forces in Far Eastern waters be affected by the developments in, Burope."—Domei.
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