Tokyo, Dec. 6.
In a statement on the Soviet's reply of November 28 to the Japanese proposal to conclude a new Soviet-Jupsnese Fishery Convention, in accordance with the terms agreed upon in the autumn of 1936, a Foreign Office spokesman today says that a settlement of the question is essential for the preservation of normal relations between the two countries and, consequently, the peace of East Asie.
The reply, declares the spokesman, appears to indicate that the Soviet is seeking to nullify Japan's fishery rights based on the treaty of Portsmouth, which could never be tolerated.
Therefore, he says, fresh instructions have been sent to the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, Mr. Shigenori Togo.
une Soviet, adds the spokesman, is under obligation to come to an agree-
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.