Hayama, July 2.
Proposed Anglo-Japanese negotia tions for a settlement of the Tientsin dispute may develop. into a_wide-Yonge. discussion of Far Eastern Questions, Sir Robert Leslie Craigie, British Ambassador to. Japan, dicated ina press interview here today.
Questioned by Japanese newspaper men regarding the scope of the Impending conversations, Sir Robert said that they "may touch upon fundamental Far 'Eastern problems' Insofar as these were related to the The "Asahi Shimbun" remarks today in an apparently inspired article that the Japanese Government is convinced that the "British at present fare showing a sincere desire for a peaceful outcome and therefore Mr. Arita has consented to negotiate: United Press.
"he Times Hopeful London, June 29. is far too early to assume that questions relating to Tientsin will be settled easily, says "The Times" today, Dut the agreement to negotiate marks success for the diplomacy patiently and steadily pursued by Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador in Tokyo.
Differences between the two Gov-fernments, it adds, can now be discussed in Tokyo, where the atmosphere of militarism is less oppressive than in the conquered provinces chi The Times" continues; "Whatever form the Japanese demands may take—and some may well bbe as unacceptable as others which have been already rejected—a change of venue from Tientsin to Tokyo 1s evidence that the statesmen charge of Japan's foreign policy desire a peaceful, rational settlement.
"Negotiations in the super-heated atmosphere of Tientsin would have been doomed to failure, which would have made it impossible to prevent a more serious development."
"At worst." "The Times" concludes, "the conversations will postpone and, to that extent, reduce that' danger,' Reuter, Tokyo Not petul Tokyo, July 1.
The Japanese press continues to be not optimistic over the forthcoming Tientsin situation, stressing that the sueees or the failure of the Tokyo Anglo-Japanese conference on the negotiations will depend on whether Britain is willing to reconsider its "pro-Chiang Kai-shek" policy.
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