Amsterdam, Feb. 16 The Netherlands press today rejected an appeal for economic cooperation "between Japan and the Netherlands voiced earlier today by the new Japanese Ambassador in the Netherlands, Mr. Hare Ishit, The Japanese Ambaréador, interview with the press, said Holland should" "meet Japan "in economic matters by making: more concessions: to Japan and by permitting a larger quota of Japanese workers to enter the Netherlands East. Indies.
The Netherlands press pointed out, that Japan hor failed to her part of the Hart agreement under which Japan promised to buy 200,000 tons of Java sugar annually and not infrease "her sugar area in Formosa, Japan's sugar purchases from Java. the press said, already are $00,000 tons in arrears and the sugar growing, area of Formosa has been increased considerably in violation of the Hart Ishizawa agreement.—United Press.
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