Enforcement of further nears develop Japan's foreign trate and ment of further 0
Increase gold production at home was urged by Me. Selhin tkeda, Finance Minster, in aioeussion of next yours Dat with "Speakers of the Dit and aaa palilial" partes entallves of political par
fo, tar hip year shows more an lance of Japan's foreign trade
¥.47,000000'of the credit side against fu taverse balance of ¥.619000 00 in the corresponding period of Inet year, Mr, Theda. pointed out Undue optimism, however, was depreciated "bythe" Pinance "afiniser. Analyzing Overseas trade, he anid owed a favourable balance with the yen bloc countries but an adverse Balance with other foreign countries.
Referring to, th. ¥-80,000000 worth of gold. specie shipped. abroad. ast Year, Mr. Teed said gold. ahipmenta Abroad this year. were' much smaller But stint amounted to a considerable and Redemption He pointed out that next year's ordinary budget contained Y.708,000,- 000 for redemption and service of government bonds and ¥.90,000,000 for 8 reserve fund.
Commenting on the estimated state revenue, ho said ¥.2,000,000,000 represented a tax revenue Increase of ¥.264,000,000 over that of the current year.
'A defteit of ¥.809,000,000 it revenue would be met by issues of government bonds, he said.
Mr. Tkeda stated that ¥.3,480,000,- 000 worth of government bonds out of scheduled issues totalling ¥.5,028,- 000 already had been put on the market and absorbed "Smoothly, thanks to the thrift drive successfully carried out in all parts of the coun-
Japan's Leaders to Be Told About War Tokyo, Dec. 13.
At the request of the Privy Council, Lieutenant-General Hagakl, Minis ter of War, will give to the Privy Couneitiors tomorrow a detailed exe planation of the war situation and fise the situation in Japanese-occupied ministration had become Fegional government."
The American credit and the prow posed British loan, the dally, sai would, nevertheless, "enliven" Chungking regime.
"New Concern"
Commenting on the same subject, the "Yomiuri Shimbun," another popular daily, saw significance in the American' action, which, i said, had aroused "new concern" in that it represented a departure from the past Washington polley of avoiding joint action with Britain.
"We have nothing to say about British aid to the regime of Gen, Chiang Kai-shek, the "Yomiuri said, asserting that such action was keeping with the established British policy—Domel.
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