Tokyo, Aug. 0.
"It is hard to discover a ray of hope for -a satisfactory settlement, and I believe our army Is proceeding with a view to effecting a fundamental Solution of Sino-Japanese relations in North China, This statement, according to the "Nichi Nichi," was made by" the Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, reply to 2 question to-day in the The Foreign Minister is said to have added that "if China is Induced participate in the German-Japanese fanti-Comintern pact, and Communism driven out from the Orient, peace East Asia will be firmly esiablish~
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