Washington, Jan, 26. ITE troubles attendant on a loan to Finland and difficulties th Great Britain, Washington is keeping the Far East well in mind. The expiration of the American-Japanese Treaty of Commerce is taken calmly here. The general attitude is that any move to convert the trade relations between the two countries from a transitory basis, which begins on Saturday morning, must come from Tokyo.
Considerable significance is attached to the publication today, coincident wilh the termination of the American-Japanese treaty, of a long statement on Jepanese-American trade issued by Mr. Harry L. Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce. The statement shows clearly Japan's great dependence on the United States as a market for Japanese goods and as a supplier of essential raw materials, Since the European war has disrupted a considerable portion of Japan's trade in Europe. mander-in-chief of the German Army, writing in the official "Volkischer Beobachter" today, declared that Germany.and prefers to
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