Tokyo, May 17.
BSENCE of any reply from Germany to Mr, Hachiro Ar note of last Saturday expressing Japan's concern over maintenance of the status quo in the Dutch East Indies has failed to alarm the Japanese Government, the Foreign Office spokesman, Mr. Yakichiro Suma, told newspapermen at his press conference here today.
Mr, Suma said that replies have been received from the Netherlands, Great Britain and France, all giving assurances of a desire to maintain the present status of the N.E.I.
Only Germany has failed to answer, Mr.
Suma admitted, but he asserted that an answer may be received at any time. ident Ger-position in tthe matter and shares her desire to continue the present status, of the NEL ~The spokesman said that conversations leading to settlement of. various Japanese-Dutch—commercial questions have been going on for sometime both at the Hague and at Batavia, The European war involve ing Holland, he said, should not interfere with the talks which, he said, should be satisfactorily concluded
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