JAPANESE CABINET EMERGENCY MEETING

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 205, 30 August 1941, Page 7

JAPANESE CABINET EMERGENCY MEETING

SERVICES ATTEND

Negotiations With America Revive Hopes ! United Press Association.—Copyriybt. Rec. 1 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 29. The Japanese Cabinet hpirl an Bureau Affairs oureau, Rear-Admiral Takacumi Oka, Director of the Navy Minist?v S ureau of Naval Affairs: and Taro_ Terasaki, Director of the say?'f n Tokvn e American Bureau, bays a iokyo message. . news agency said Mr. i e rasaki, Pi mce Konoye, Prime Admfrai"' nd S he Minister Admiral Toyoda, explained recent Japan-American relations, including anH ™ c f tin P, °f President Roosevelt Admiral Nomura, after which the Cabinet members "unreservedly exchanged views." y

President Roosevelt, at a Press conference in Washington, asked \\ nether he was hopeful the war in the Pacific would be averted, smilingly evaded a reply, characterising the question as too long and too broad. Asked whether they were getting anywhere, he replied: "There is no news to-day."

Pressmen reminded the President that the second anniversary of the war was approaciiing, and asked whether the outlook was any better. He replied: "I am speeding up my speech for Mondaj'."

The conference held yesterday between President Roosevelt and the Japanese Ambassador, who delivered to the President a personal message from Prince Konoye, may be the first of a series of such talks, in which possibly the whole Pacific picture may be explored. This indication was given by the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, who said the President was undertaking personal negotiations with the Ambassador.

Mr. Hull has announced that the President would answer Prince Konoye's message. Mr. Hull would not commit himself concerning the contents of the Japanese letter.

After an emergency Cabinet meeting in Tokyo, the Japanese public has been informed of Prince Kono.ve's message. It was stated that the message contained the Imperial Government's attitude on the Pacific situation, and that the meeting with President Roosevelt was to examine the causes of the trouble in the delicate situation between Japan and the United States.