The Foreign Minister pointed out the possibility of the establishment of friendly relations with foreign Powers in accordance with the latters' different positions and requirements, Mr, Arita said he intended, in readjusting relations with the United States, to pursue the policy of his predecessor, 4n oraer to reconstruct the traditional friendship between Japan and the United States, the Foreign Minister asserted, the relations between the two countries should first be normalized in this sense, The new Cabinet, Mr. Arita continued, would endeavour to clear out of the way all pending questions with the United States one after another.
If the United States appraised Japan's fair attitude correctly, he trusted the United States would reciprocate Japan's constructive spirit in normalizing relations between the two countries, In regard to the reopening of the Yangtze up to Nanking, the Foreign Minister declared that it was decided at Japan's initiative, as demonstrated by the fact that the Hiranuma Cabinet decided on the basic policy of the reopening of the Yangtze.
Preparations for the reopening of the river, he added, were now being pushed on, Chungking, Jan. 16.
Despite the Japanese blockade. and the European war, China's exports through Hongkong are showing a big increase.
In the first eleven months of 1939, the total value of Chinese goods exported through Hongkong amounted to 274,000,000 Hongkong dollare, it is officially announced here.
A heavy foreign demand for wood cil and teas was mainly responsible for the spectacular imerease in exports, which rose from 23,250,000 Hongkong dollars in October to over 27,000,000 Hongkong dollars in November, compared with 21,000,000 Hongkong dollars in September.
The export of bristles, however, has been affected by the European war, as Germany formerly imported large quantities of bristles from China,
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