French newspapers were attaching importance to the visit to Tokyo of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe, Coburg-Gotha, president of the German Red Cross Society, and Dr. Emil Helfferich, president' of the Hamburg-Amerika Line, the "Hochi Shimbun" reported today in a special Paris dispatch.
The two prominent Germans, the French newspapers stated, were on important missions with the aim of strengthening the anti-Comintern axis by explaining to Japanese leaders why Germany concluded a pact with the Soviet Union and by arranging for a reopening of the Japanese-German trade negotiations, the "Hochi" message seid.
French diplomatic circles, the dispatch continued, were closely watching these German attempts to strengthen the Berlin-Tokyo anti-Comintern' axis which appeared to be seriously shaken by the conclusion non-aggres~
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