Berlin, June 7.
Japanese proposals for reinforcement of the Anti-Comintern Pact were received in two long, cipher telegrams at the Japanese Embassy here last night, it was disclosed today.
The cables were the subject of urgent discussions today between the Japanese Ambassador, General Hiroshi Oshima, and his aides, the military and naval attaches.
Japanese quarters revealed no details of the cables, but the proposals were stated to constitute acceptance of the greater portion of General Oshima's suggestions for strengthening the anti-Red pact.
The Ambassador is known to desire even the conclusion of a military alliance between Japan and the Axis powers.
Tokyo's proposals, it was stated, would cause satisfaction both here and in Rome for Germany and Italy deem a show of solidarity between the anti-Comintern powers to be necessary "as a reply to the impending Anglo-Soviet accord."—Havas, Limited Treaty New York, June 8.
The Japanese Inner Cabinet has decided that Japan is ready to negotiate a limited alliance with Italy and Germany which would represent Japan's maximum contribution to the strengthening of the Rome-Berlin axis, the Tokyo correspondent of the "New York Herald Tribune" reported yesterday, The exact details of the alliance Japan envisages were not disclosed but it was indicated it would call for Japanese military action in case the Soviet Union were involved. The alliance would not provide for Japanese naval activities in the
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