Asked if Mr, Kinkichi Yoshizawa, chief Japanese economic delegate now in Batavia negotiating with Netherlands East Tndles officials, would return shortly to Japan because of delayed N.EI, negotiations, Mr. Matsuoka replied that signs of improvement in negotiations were Seen recently, He said the improvement might have been duc to the effect of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact, 'Asserting that Mr, Yoshizawa was ikely to be short tempered with authorities, Mr," Matsuoka said' that "it Is my conviction that we should not take advantage of the other party's weakness, when the other party becomes weak, and snatch things from it by force. 'Thie T shall never do, This also will be applied to French' Indo-China."
Because of the conclusion of the neutrality pact, he said, negotiate with Russia oh trade, Asheries and darder demarcation, were progress ing favourably, Mr, Matsuoka said he was detor~ mine to-tackle diplomacy concern ing. settlement of the "China Affair" with full responsibility: Although he was non-committal, Mfr. Matsuoka inferred that he discussed that subject with M, Joseph Stalin in Mos cow,—United Press, Japan Urged to Mov South at Once Tokyo, Moy 11, Urging immediate reduization "of he "southward advance policy," Mx, Soho Tokulomi, veteran political commentator and well-known Dub= fieist of the *Nichi-Nichi Shimbun, says en American-Japanese collision a foregone conclusion, therefore would be the height of folly for Japan to elect to ignore this danger, Mr, Tokuloml quotes an old proverb to the effect that the best Way {o Mel! a snake is to siriko at ite Mead instead of its tail, and observes that similarly the best way to. realize Japan's. programme in Asis {0 deal appropriately, with ihe" Anglo-Saxon nations which are controlling Gen, Chiang. Kal-she."
He adds that China and the United Slates already are so close that the 'Washington and Chungking Govern. nents are a "single entity as far as Supan Is concerned, It would be honey the ruth to say that Gen, Chiang Is fighting for America rather than to, say America is aiding Gen, chiang'
Mr, Tokutoml behoves that Josef' Stalin's assumption ' of. the Soviet premiership must be. into preted as preparation for new world evens "of" "epochal importance stressed the fact that Stalin's Govern ment had now, reached a. stage of complete national unity between the Government Army Party and the people with no constitutional discrepancy as when Stalin was dictator fact but not in name.
The "Yomfuri" said: "The "Soviet Union has always striven for the maintenance of neutrality....and it M. Viacheslav Molotov's greatest duty to avoid dangers involving the Soviet Union in the war by holding fast to the polley of neutrality. Sue= coss or failure of Molotov's foreign policy will have a tremendous effect on the international situation."
With Stalin now at the helm of the Stale, Molotox will be free to con outrate on the heavy task before him, said the "Yomiuri" while the "Asahi" expected that Stalin himself would. take an increasingly active role in foreign affairs.—Domel.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.