Tokyo, July 2.
Gen. Kazushige Ugaki, the Foreign Minister, today received a letter from the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Leslie Craigie, expressing on behalf of the British Government deep sympathy for the loss of life and suffering caused by the floods in the Kwanto district.
The letter expressed a hope that the flood would subsidy' quickly and that relief work would be facilitated. Gen. Ugaki, acknowledging the letter, expressed appreciation of the British Government's sympathy.—Domei.
Moscow, July 2.
The Councij of Peoples Commi sars decided today to issue a 20-year state loan of five milliard roubles at four per cent. interest.
The aim of the loan is to "attract the growing savings of the population for economic and cultural construction under the third five-year plan and for the further consolidation of the defence of the country."—Reuter.
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