San Francisco, Oct. 20, War between the United States and Japan is impossible because the later entered the Axis alliance in order to avoid such a conflict, the new Japanese Ambassador to Chile, Mr. Karo Ishii, said here yesterday.
Mr. Ishii arrived here: aboard the Asama Maru, en route to his new post.
Japan believed a war With the United States would be impossible if she joined the Axis, Mr. Ishii said, so she entered the pact in order to avoid such a conflict.
There, still are many avenues to rapprochement between the United States and. Japan and ample time in which to explore them and adjust all present difficulties, Mr. Ishii said. He added that Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, Japan's Foreign Minister, had instructed him to deliver such a message when he arrived in the United States, Mr. Ishii declined to discuss reports. that Japan and the U.S.S.R. are nes gotiating a non-aggression pact United Press.
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