Tokyo, Oct. 3.
Negotiations for the conclusion of an Italo-Japanese trade treaty will shortly be completed with the signing, of the accord, Domei learned to-day from authoritative sources, The talks, conducted in Rome by Mr. Masaaki Hotta, Ambassador to italy, and Counts, Gatis Ciano, ion s itch" Domei was informa ign Minister, progressing
The treaty, it was understood, would provide for the virtual barter of Japanese goods, italian Sômaliland salt.
The annual imports of salt have already been tentatively placed at Y:3,000000 a year. Exports of Japanese textiles to Ethiopia have been suspended since the conquest of the territory by Italy.—Domei.
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