Talks Highly Significant Tokyo, Dee.
Conversations held here yesterday Mr. Hachiro Arita with Sir Robert Craigie, and Mr. Joseph C. Grow, when he declared that "the creation Ann new order is) Bast Asia is a national aspiration of Japan," marks urning' point in' Japan's. foreign polly, the" "Asahi Shimbun" sai "The declaration, the leading Journal here said, ranked in importance with' the Japanese reply to the American protest regarding. alleged intringetents by Japan upon, the interests of United States citizens in China handed Mr, Grew here on November 18.
Japan regards the establishment of "new state of affairs in East Asia as essential to secure her national cfenee and also to safeguard her ional existence, Mr. Arita was rethe Foreign Office spokeshave Informed the envoys.
Little discussion took place at yesevday's "meetings, which were held separately, the spokesman said.
The envoys, the spokesman con-Xinued, "would probably have chance for discussion" later.
According to the "Asahi," Mr. Arita cave the envoys an amplified explana tion of Japan's fundamental policy towards the new situation in' East Asia, which had_ already been referred to by the Foreign Minister in previous conversations with—the American, British, and French Ambasxidors concerning the question of Yooatze navigation and> in. Japan ply to "America in" November—
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