Anglo-American Trade Expanded Negotiations Proceed Tokyo, Sept. 10.
Most Favourably Arting on the assumption that Hankow will be occupied by Japanese London, Sept, 10. troops before long, officials of the According to the latest indications Japan Iron Manufacturing Company received here on the Anglo-American have completed arrangements for trade negotiations, the conclusion operating the Tayeh Iron mines, it of a trade accord' between the two was disclosed today. Deposits at the countries now defends upon the mines are estimated to total 50 million answer from the Dominions, parti-tons. cularly Canada and Australia, to the The Japan Iron Manufacturing British communication on the reper-Company, capitalized at ¥,500,000,000, cussions in various spheres of the already has invested Y40,000000 in concessions which are to be granted the Tayeh mines. The company hopes the United State. to increase the annual output of the Well-informed circles here stress-mines to a pillion tons—Domei, ed that these points are only "mere details, But which take time to clear up owing to the complex medianism of imperial procedure, These quarters therefore refrained Aaland Islands to from forecasting the date on which Be Fortified the accord would be signed, They emphasized that neither the Stockholm, Sept. 9. Board of Trade nor the State Depart-The Swedish and Finnish Government would be willing to compromise by a hasty solution of minor ments have decided to fortify the points the work of several months Aaland islands which, except during and even years, since the main the World War, have been demilitaproblems have been practically rized since 1856, it was officially an-solved. nounced here last night.
They stated that the declarations The islands lie on an important made by President Roosevelt and trade route between the two coun-Secretary of State, Mr, Cordell Hull, tries. were sufficient to reveal the politi-The Swedish Foreign Minister, cal significance of the accord under Dr. J. B. Sandler, has declared that present circumstances,—Havas, Sweden and Finland would never risk letting the islands fall into foreign hands and the Minister of State, Dr. Unrest Breaks Out in Cajander, declared over the Finnish ^io that the small garrison on the evict Ukraine islands would be augmented by Swedish-speaking troops from Finnish Warsaw, Sept. 9. territory, but their neutrality will not Further unrest has broken out be impaired.—Trans-Ocean. among the population of the Soviet Ukraine, according to the "Kurjer Polski," which states today that members of the Farmers Union have rcfused to deliver the corn demanded y the Soviet Commission.
At an extraordinary session of the Council of People's Commissars of ihe Soviet Union in Kiev, official collectors reported that the harvest is being withheld in almost all districts of the Ukraine by the farmers. The Soviet authorities, the Polish paper declares, have decided to adopt measures to force the farmers to give up the corn.—Trans-Ocean Telephones 10952, 18418
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