Prime Minister Mixes Serap Iron Elsewhere Humour with Sentiment In Commons Tokyð; Oct. 9. Notwithstanding contention in some quarters to the contrary, the neces-London, Oct. 9. sity ana importance of gold in settle Mixing humour and sentiment, the ing interfiational accbuhts Was stress-Prime Minister, speakifig With coned by the Fiance Minister, Mr. fidence, carried the House of Com-Kaiwáda, in en atidress at yesterday mons with him in a 80-minute review Session. of prefectural governors. which concluded on a Sober note con-The session paid special attention irasting strongly with the rhetoric to Angló- cofióihie pressure extravagances toh which enemy agalist Japan as à Sequel to latest leaders will rely on similar occasion, Writes Reuter's chief parliamentary is Ho room for doubt, correspondent.
Finaheé Mihister said, pan, Eamestly he paid. tribute to the who itean& tò cotistritt a "greater bombed people whose mass cry is East Asiatic sphere of common pro-"we can take it," adding that many sperity," will need a fairly large Coüpled with that declaration, "but amount of gold in the future, especi-give it the Back" Mr. Churchill's ally since 86 Optimism is warranted assertion that the nearest approach regarding füfüre trade with third Britain can make to reprisals at the powers. present time is to batter Germany's The Fiian Minister urged the most vülüerable points, was blünt Governors to cooperate with the Having wamed the coüntry against.
Géveriment in increasing production depending üpón the Winter weather of hewly mined gold as well às facili-for relief from raids, he leavened his tating concentration of gold, sierü waiting With a touch of charac-Xacah that the Anglo-American teristic hiimetr which pleased the attittidte towards Japan Would be fur-House. Maybe methods would be thet aggravated as a result of the fatild to make night bombing of three-power pact, Mr, Naoki Hoshino, Britain more exciting {6 the éneimy Minister without portfolio and Presi than at present but it would be belter dent of the National Planning Board, to allow te visitors to find it out revealed that trédé policy is being for themselves in due course by ex-revised to secure imbéttent suvolies petierice, he seid. {rot tátifi-American cotifitries, Indo-His cool, stéàdy argument flowed Chiba and the East Indies instead of placidly. Invasioh danger was Hot from Bagiind, America and their past though fe ahsetce of awy colonies. meterologital lucid intervals made Mr. Hoshino asstifed the governors things difeul for barges. On the that in antiéipatio of Ahglo-Amer-other hand, "the enemy could throw Xat embargoes üfainsti Japan the half a million mën It a single night Government Mat succeeded in secur-Onto the salt water—or into it," he ing fairly large qliantitiés of imadded, provoking much laughter. pórtáüt supplies, espebiaNy war Brilliant victories of British fight-Materiāls which hithérig had been ers and bombers were mentioned imported from England, America and next with details of the growing thit possbésions, strength of the British Air Force, but Referring to the American total yet again balancing a word of Caution ëmbargo Of scrap irön against Japan, against over-confidence, he said, "Per-Mr. Hoshit6 said Japan's iron and haps even more satisfactory state-steel Polity had become independent ments will be possible at this time of forelgit Scrap iron, the percentage of which Iñ manufacture of steel already had been rhinimiSed while the loi that resources of the new world process of manufacture of steel also are becoming hiereásingly available had been improved. it would be a long (ife before We Evéty possible step jas béliig taken could do much more thab hold our for secukiHig öil suppilés, hë added.—own."
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