Tokyo, July 28.
IHE Anglo-Japanese conference in Tokyo was brought to a standstill this morning following the Japanese request that the Chinese specie held in banks in the British Concession in Tientsin be surrendered, The British delegates strongly opposed this request, but the Japanese insisted on its being carried out, and the conference was adjourned in order to enable Sir Robert Craigie, H. M. Ambassador to Tokyo, to refer to London on the question.
The discussions will open again on Monday.
In connection with the parleys Mr. Kawai, spokesman for the Foreign Office in Tokyo, told me that they were proceeding smoothly. He added that the Japanese authorities hoped for an amicable settlement regarding the American abrogation of the 1911 Treaty and in the meantime they were awaiting American reaction, He could hardly believe that America intended to impose an embargo on war materials to Japan and he concluded by stating that Japan was undecided whether Or not to propose recognition of the new order in East Asia when the new treaty would come into force. "Japan would like it," he said.
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