Tokyo, July 26.
is authoritatively understood that the maintenance of peace and order in Tientsin formed the topic of discussion at today's meeting of the Anglo-Japanese Round Table Conference.
Mutual understanding is said to have been reached between the delegates on certain points, while other points will be discussed tomorrow.
Japanese observers here predict that the delegates to the Anglo-Japanese Conference will reach an agreement regarding the maintenance of peace and order in the British Concession.
Such an agreement, these observers. predict, will be reached either this afternoon or tomorrow morning the latest, after which the discussions will centre around economic ques ons.
When the Tokyo parleys are conjeluded, it is predicted here that another ' Anglo-Japanese Conference will be held at Tientsin, with the object of reaching a detailed agree Smooth Progress The Anglo-Japanese Conference making smooth progress.
This was reported by Mr, Hachiro Arita, the Foreign Minister, members of the Privy Council this morning.
Mr. Arita spent about an hour' jsiving a detailed report of the de-Velopment of the Tokyo parley:
Asked by a foreign correspondent regarding Me, Neville Chamberlain's statement in the House of Commons regarding the sovereignty of China, the Foreign Ofice spokesman said {the Japanese army had never claim~ ed sovereignty over Chinese territory under their control.
Asked. regarding the selations be-the "Anglo-Japanese joint statement and the Nine Power Treaty, the spokesman observed that the Treaty was "moribund."—Reuter,
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