A settlement of pending Japanese-British economic questions will" be. subordinated to the success of any eventual efforts London may like to induce Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to change his attitude and cease resistance, informed Japanese quarters here stated today.
In the meantime, the same quarters pointed out, the solution to the pro! lem of British navigation—upon the Yangtze River.depends upon the local authorities. And the latter are asserted to be inspired only by strategic) considerations, so that a settlement is imminent, it is believed.
The Foreign Office' has not yet received a report from Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Ambassador to China, upon his recent conversations with Generalissimo Chiang, it was further learnt today.
This report is eager awaited as likely to provide some indication upon the Chinese attitude and an eventual conclusion of the Sino-Japanese hostilities.—Havas.
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