It was believed that Mr. Grew possibly sounded out Mr. Matsuoka on the Brenner Pass meeting in which Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Premier Benito Mussolini were reported to have discussed some means of coping with the anticipated intensified U.S. assistance to Britain as intimated by t Roosevelt in his -fireside That Japan desires improvement in telationg with the United States was typically indicated by an editorial in the "Japan Times and Advertiser" wi declared that Admiral Nomura's speech in which he. said that, notwithstanding information he bad gathered since his arrival in America, there was: no reason to lose faith in a solution of the Pacific situation showed that "it good will is. displayed. on both sides. especially if the United States withholds such acts as might force Japan to fulfill its obligations, the desired end can be achieved.
Presented with the frank and hopeful Words of Admiral Nomura, the people of America now will be armed with instruments to secure the ce-operation of their Government with that of Japan," the newspaper concluded.
End of China Aid Wanted The ultra-nationalistic "Kokumin Shimbun," which sometimes represent the viewpoint of the military, said that in the. event the United States really desired readjustment of Japanese-American relations Wash. ington should abandon its anti-Japan-actions "of an enemy character, in cluding undesirable assistance to The "Kokumin" argued that the Tripartite alliance was not aimed against the United States but rather was negotiated to prevent American entry into the European war. The newspaper hinted that a Japanese American rapprochement could be reconciled with the Tripartite Pact. but said that this must be carefully explained to the Japanese nation—
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