(Continued from page 1) sideration will receive the care and attention that it deserves as affecting so essentially the peace and prosperity of southeastern Asia,"
M. Arsene-Henry briefly thanked Mr. Matsuoka, adding "your excellency may be assured of cooperation on the part of the French delegation.
Mr. Matsuoka, in his welcoming speech, stressed the part Tapan must play in modern East Asia, "I wish first of all to welcome you most heartily and to express my most sincere appreciation of the trouble you have taken in coming such a long way to attend this conference," Mrz, Matsuoka told delegates, "It is my firm belief? he said "that establishment of a sphere of com mon prosperity throughout, Greater East Asia 1s not only Japan's policy but indeed a historical necessity in the event of World history. And those countries which exist in that sphere can contribute to the peace of East Asia as well as to that of World by their procuring each its own place and enjoying common prosperity amongst them.
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