Sees Personal Danger in China Mission Tokyo, Apr. 8.
Anticipation that the proper discharge of his duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the new Nanking Government may be expected to arouse criticism and carries with it a sense of grave personal danger was expressed by ex-Premier General Nobuyuki Abe at a recent gathering in Tokyo of prominent people hailing from his birthplace, says the "Nichi-nichi Shimbun, The party was given in honour of the newly-installed Ambassador, Responding to a speech by ex-Premier Gen, Senjuro Hayashi eulogizing his past services to the State and encouraging him to carry out his vital mission of negotiating an agreement with the new Chinese Government in accordance with the terms of the Konoye Statement, General Abe said his mission, viewed in proportion to the entire China incident, is but a small matter.
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