Nov. 18.
The speeches made yesterday: before the Japanese Diet by the Premier, General Hideki Tejo, and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Shigenori Togo, are disappointing. Both Ministers indicated that with regard to the problems of the Pacific, and the conversations with the Government of the United States, it is the intention of the Japanese Government to stand pat on their declared policies appar~ ently in the hope that a modification of the American attitude will ensure that peace of which they claim: to be in search, Mr. Togo makes that quite clear when, dealing with the Japanese-American conversations, he says "I think that an amicable conclusion is by no means impossible if the Government
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