Tokyo, Aug. 6, The Seventy-First special session of the Diet was formally concluded this morning, with the reading. of fan Imperial Rescript by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota.
Emperor Hirohito did not, attend the ceremony, which was held in the House of Peers.
Convoked on July 25, in a warlike atmosphere, the Diet devoted a major portion of its attention to bills apropriating funds needed in connec tion with the North China incident.
Japan still adheres to the principle of a "localized" settlement, of the North China conflict, Mr. Koki Hirota, Foreign Minister, informed a Lower House committes yesterday.
Asked by Mr. Reikichi Kita, of the majority Minseito party, if he did not believe that friendly Sino-Japanese relations were "impossible without the annihilation of Chinese Central troops" Mr, Hirota evaded the answer. With the Japanese and the Chinese armies face to face, the For-ign Minister said, it was "impossible to predict when the situation may be aggravated."
Of the 35 measures submitted by the Government, only one,—~provide ing for reforms in the jury system failed of passage.
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