Tokyo, July 26.
The new Konoye Cabinet, which has met with an enthusiastic reception, has important policies in view which envisage. very vital changes, militarily, politically and. economically.
Sponsored by the Army, it is but natural that the Cabinet should stress the vital necessity of the consolidation of national defence through moilization of the entire strength of the nation.
its most important objective, though with the "China In-seemingly approaching its ion, it is not easy to envisage in view, unless it be the Democracies, This view is borne out by the fact that the Premier and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, both forecast 'a "positive" policy in Southern Asia, It is interesting also to) note that, while Japan is determined to pursue an "autonomous" foreign policy; there is much talk in me fuential circles of a strengthening of relations with Germany and Italy. In fact, a full military alliance between the three empires is strongly advocate fed by several members of the new Cabinet. The fact that the one policy is contradictory to the other does not seem to carry much weight.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.