Still Solid Foundation for Ca-operation ToKyo, May 10.
"The Nine-Power Pact is not dead, although some, day. It may possibly become a dead letter, because [Realy or egretment has ever survived one or two centuries," a spokesman of the Gaimusho ssid to-day, Emphasizing that the view was his own personal opinion, the oficial declared that the Nine-Power Treaty Still provides "a solid foundation, for ce-operation of the Powers concerned In. the Pacific area."
"Turning to the Sino-Japanese truce ogreement, signed in Shanghai in 1032, the spokesman said that no Melal intimation has been received from anywhere" that the- agreement hhga been' denounced.
"the official recalled that China and Jepan are the principal signatories of the Uuce agreement, which was, however, also signed by representa-lives of Great Britain, France, Italy and the United States as parties to the negotiations which culminated in the conclusion of the accord.
Pointing.outsthe "special, nature" of the political situation In' the Far East, the. spokesman" declared that the Sino-Japanese " truce agreement should "continue for ever, until China and Japan agree to cancel or replace it with some other. egreement™ 'The spokesman's comments were made in response to questions by foreign correspondents regarding press' reports from Shanghai on the
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