Ambassador, who has been passing a few days at Nikko owing to illness, returned to Tokyo yesterday afternoon.
Prior to his departure he talked with Major-Gen. F.S.G. Piggott, British Military Ata-che, who has been spending a holiday in Nikko.
was not whether any new move had been made toward resuming the Anglo-Japanese conference.—Dome time exert considerable influence on JAnglo-Japanese trade relations, finan-lal and business leaders declared today.
Financial circles maintained a calm, Joptimistic attitude in the face of growing prospects of a collapse in {the negotiations.
The present virtual breakdown of the talks apparently caused no surprise in financial quarters, where few fever had any hopes for a successful 'The majority of financial leaders believed that no optimism was warranted. even at the time a basic understanding was reached between the Foreign' Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, and Sir Robert Craigie, British Financial. circles expressed strong Jeonfidence in the Government and appeared to be fully prepared to meet whatever diMeult questions might fol-ow the failure of the negotiations
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