Tokyo Carefully Studying Proposal; Government Or icized on Relations With U.S.
Tokyo, Mar. 24.
(CAREFUL study will be given by the Japanese Government to a suggestion that the Maritime Province of Eastern Siberia be purchased by Japan from the Soviet Union, Mr. Hachiro Arita, Foreign Minister, told the Lower House of the Diet yesterday. The suggestion was made by Mr. Juji Kasai, independent, as a means to avoid Soviet-Japanese tration, cistvante tone of Japs diple-Kasai, ina strong interpela-
tnaey, asked the Government if British Envoy Sees hat any confidence In negotiations Math "Soviet Russia, " which Gaimusho Head Acseribed as "a country that cannot be Tokyo, Mar. 20.
Mir. Arita, in reply, stated that the Sir Robert Craigie, British Government desired to readjust bassador, this morning bad an falations. withthe Soviet Union view with Mr, Hachiro Arita, selling a many as possible pend eign Minister. The conversation Pe"questions between the" two Tasted an hour, Countries although. negotiations had Official circles are very reticent, failed, so far, to bring to an amicable but the "Asahi " Shimbpn" claims Conclusion "any one of the pending that the Tientsin silver question and questions.
territory a5, insurance against war "ithe gestion of purchasing, Soviet Could only be taken up with Moscow Japan Increase Income fatter all pending questions had been From Taxation Seltied, he declared, Mr Kasai, in his, interpellation denounced the Foreign Offce " for Tokyo, Mar. 25. Son uninterrupted series of failures"
A reforming Japan's in" conducting negotiations with the taxation system, as amended by United States "since the. hostilities the House of Representatives, Broke out, in China, The. situation was passed this morning by the between the two countries, House of Peers. The measure claimed, was becoming "the worst was expected to increase revence by Y.500,000,000 annually 1.8, Does Not Understand starting from April 1.—Domei.
The Foreign Minister admitted that the situation between Japan and the United "States was "anything but fused that Ht permits satisfactory" but added that he ro~ improvement Te said further Sorts would be made to ameliorate the stanton, Phe United States, he Continued nppenred 40. be not santon to unvaeratand Japan action theticnly" "tne" "Japanese way "el thinking, boetoxe of" Sino-American relations othe AreationalAmeri= fan way, o€ thinking.
Arita expressed the hope that verier "understanding "eau"
Broupht about by a reduction in, the eater Japanese military operations Yonai, the
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