Batavia, Sept. 5.
The coming conversations between Mr. Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese Commerce and Industry Minister, and the East Indian authorities will certainly be successful, Mr. J. E. von Hoogstraten, Chief of the Commercial Bureau of the Economic Ministry, optimism tically predicted yesterday when he was interviewed by a Domei correspondent.
Mr. Kobayashi who has been appointed as the special Japanese envoy to the Netherlands East Indies is now on his way to Batavia aboard the liner Nissho Maru. "I am not only hopeful but certain that the converditions will succeed," Mr. Hoogstraten said.
Emphasizing the friendly relations between the two governments, he further stated that the Netherlands East Indies would be able to supply to Japan all necessary goods including oil, rubber and tin—Domei.
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