Italian Attitude to New spokesman said in reply to another question, had been cleared of Chinese troop remnants as a result of a fresh Japanese clean-up campaign launched on March 4.
The Japanese forces, he added, were fighting not only Chinese regulars and irregulars but epidemics and endemic diseases prevalent on the island.
With the health of the Japanese forces "excellent," the spokesman added, Japanese medical officers were devoting much of their time to treat ing civilians in various Chinese villages. This attention was being highly appreciated, Rear-Admiral Kanazawa asserted.—Domei, China Regime Canvassed Rome, Mar, 14.
Japanese and Italian attitudes toward the forthcoming Central Government of China as well as other Far Eastern questions were discussed a conference between Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Eiji Amau, Japanese Ambassador to Italy, at the Chigi Palace yesterday.
Information concerning the European situation was given to Mr. Amau by Count Ciano with particular stress being laid upon developments caused by the visits to Italy of Mr. Sumner Welles, United States special envoy, and Herr Joachim von Rib-
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