Initiative; "Flying Weather" Expected in Africa London, Mar. 11.
Middle East and the Balkans as the Italian menace dwindles Royal Air Force continues to grow more powerful in the and the German air threat looms larger.
It can be assumed that the Royal Air Force is in a position to givè a good account of itself to hold the Luftwaffe and extend its field of This followed two clarins during the morning when the enemy approached Malta, presumably on reconnaissance.
Following the mid-day raid, the Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye will take over the Foreign Affairs Portfolio during Mr. Matsuoka's absence, it was decided at the Cabinet meeting yesterday.
The Foreign Minister will be accompanied by Mr. Tamao Sakamoto, Director of the Bureau of European and: Asiatic Affairs of the Foreign Office; Mr. Toshikazu Kose, Secretary to the Foreign Minister; Mr. Shin-raku Hagen, Secretary of the Foreign Office; Mr. Shinichi Hasegawa, Research Secretary: Mr. Yoshio Noguchi, Secretary-Interpreter; Mr. Shirokichi Kusano, Chancellor of the Foreign Office; Mr. Mitsugoro Funahoshi, Chancellor of the Foreign Office; Mr. Toshikazu Nakanishi, Extranumerary Secretary; Mr. Kinkazu Saionji, Extranumerary Secretary; Colonel Yatsuji Nagai, and Commander Shigeru Fujii. Mr. Niichi Okamura, special correspondent of Domei, will make the trip with the party.
Mr. Saionji, who is the grandson of the late Genro Prince Kimmochi Saionji, was stationed in Nanking as member of the staff of General Nobuyuki Abe, former Ambassador in Nanking, and took a prominent part in the negotiations leading to the conclusion of the basic Sino-Japanese Pact signed at Nanking on
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