JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH AMERICA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 7

JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH AMERICA.

OPTIMISTIC PREMIER

Southward Policy Called

"Purely Peaceful." I-nii.,l IV>s ri.-ht. (Rocd. noon.) TOKYO. April 11. The Prime Mini-ter. Prince Kom.ye. in a highly r-iirn m t -tatoment. iv Me rated 1 h.-i t Japan's southward policy was purely eeimomic an i jtoiircful. ami in-i.-ted that Japan would nut use force to realise her ambit ion-. His statement w made at a Prc-s i onlei en.-c wit it -la pa m-sc ri'jmMrrs. He a ppoared .ij.l iiiii-i i,- regarding The relation- of Japan with United State-, but acknow lcdgcd tliat Japan'- mem-bci-hip ol t .10 -\\it— ami the ,-o:,t inna t ion oi J In- China c inflict were obsta-les. against com j. I>• I»• amitv with Washiir*toll. A-kcd ii he thought relation- Itcinecn t iie I nit oil State- and Japan would get wor-e. Prince Koi„, w . j ,-j.H0.l -1 l iisnk t-<».** U.S. Aid to China. The Vice Mini-tor of Foreign Affairs. Oha-hi. addles-in- provincial Goveiuors. expre-scd tin- opinion tha* I hi- t nitcd State.- Would sireiiglh-u • i<-.-:-tan.-e to the ( hnngking Government on tin- !.a f 'u of x 1„- report of Prc-idcut I loose \e! t"- special cunov to ( hin.i. Mr. I.auehliu H. ( nrrie. for wliicli lea-oii .lapan must in* prefiartNl to meet the situation with patience and doterinination. In thir* eoiineetion he said < h.mgkinr was making an effort to iiiijii.o,. tin' ISiirma route and wa« alt- i building .1 ii.-w rail way between Hurnia • mhl t'.-e Yunnan I'rov inee. Ihe \"a n i»!ti<-t* at lok\o announced . li.it \.l>i:iral .\-uini Nagano, a member ..t I in- Supreme War ( orneil. ha.- boon • '['f'oil.l oil t hie! o[ 1:11■ \aval Genera! -'li-ceediii lt 1- eet \dmirai Princ<* II ira v a.-u 1-"i><-}ii■ 11i.

W elei.rii'ii _■ Admiral Nag.,■!.•'- a'.|...in! n cut. the " \sahi "■v.im.iiitii" . ; n-; "With the wave- t'-e Pi.-iije roiling hifiii. ii e Imperial Na\\"- ii:i-«ion j- srvcat and Vdn.iial Nagano- rcspour-ihilil v iu- ■ ,ca -iilgly lie.lNN."' T1,.. "Nlciii Nichi ,i: i,' >i. i declare-: "\\ ,l'i ;i I'a.-ilic cri-i----pi'."oa--h:iig ii I- reasMii iiig !•> haNe l ' ' i Lke A liniral Nagano to lead the n.i v v ." i ''Knit nant Gc::,:.i! llvotaio Kimur.i !l - be.-i, aj-pointi d v • Mini-icr of War. Southward Push. A Hongkong age slates that ;he lhme-e t cut ra I New- A ;ei!.-y s;.Ns a ti'-l, to-day : r.-:u ( hungking ron" - t:,at the J.-i'ianc-e haNe m.is-c,l .tio..p< ; Hainan for the -milli- ' 1 '' p'l-h. 1; r-:.oried uumcrou- ' .'l'-'--, -~ ia--i'a!i;e- when a Japain-e ' ' ■' " st rn . ~ ( aiiiese mine on Ine \'a nciia ng Kiukiang raiiwav on \p- ii.