Sends Gift to Vice-Admiral Hasegawa in Shanghai Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa. Commander-in-Chief of the Third Fleet, was yesterday the proud possessor of a muffler knitted by Empress Nagako. All other officers and men of the fleet were also recipients of gifts brought here by Emperor Hirohito's aide-de-camp.
A communique issued by Admiral Hasegawa on the occasion of the messenger's arrival yesterday read:
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to send his, aide-de-camp here to enquire into the conditions in the Fleet, to comfort the officers and men. to bring gifts to officers and men. both on duty and wounded, and to present me with a muffler knitted by Her Imperial Majesty the Empress.
"We have been deeply moved by Their Majesties' gracious thought of us. and we shall continue to strive io live up to the Imperial wishes bearing in our hearts loyalty to Their Majesties and faithfulness to our count To-doy's full private session is likely to be the last for some days.
1t Japan's reply is favourable, there will be long, tedious negotiations between China, Japan and the subcommittee of mediation which it is proposed to establish in the meantime.
N the reply is negative, the Con ference will have to revert to the starting point and seek other means of ending the hostilities.
It is considered that the two points in the letter will meet the objections which Japan made.
M. Yvon Delbos, the French Foreign Minister, left for Paris earlier. than expected and was not present at the meeting to-day. He mab represented By M. de Tessan, French Foreign Under-Secretary.
Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, left for London ini the afternoon in his private "plane. He will return next week.
The American delegation, however, 1; remaining for the time being.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.