TOKIO TALKS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 20, 24 July 1939, Page 9

TOKIO TALKS

SCOPE OF NEGOTIATION

NO LIMITATION

JAPANESE STATEMENT

{By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)

TOKIO, July 22,

It is officially stated that the Foreign Office has annouueed an agpreement on the general background of the Tientsin situation and that a statement is to be issued simultanaously in Tokio and London on Mpnday. The agreement was reached after conversations between the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, and the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, which lasted 45 minutes. The Prime Minister, Baron Hhamirna, told the Press that the conference had passed ihe crisis. He added that the basic principle involved applied to the whole of China and ■vvajs not limited lo Tientsin. This should make it clear to Britain that "BJrilish rights and interests in Ghana can be recognised only if Britain recognises the relations of mtiUial aid and interdependence between Japan, Manehukuo, and China.

•Britain is unlikely to assist General Ctoiang Kai-shek with credits," Baron Htranurna continued. "Otherwise sucii action will be regarded as hostile to Japan. The deprivation of British credits will prevent China from buying munitions.

■"•The British and Japanese basic agreement will.not only prove a big shpek to the Chungking Government, bust will also serve favourably in disposing of the China incident. I expect Britain to bring home the spirit of the new, arrangements not only to the British authorities in China but also to the British nation generally.7'

Regarding anti-British agitation in Jsqpan, Baron Hiranuma said, in conclusion: "The Government will control that campaign, which runs counter to its policy now that the Anglo-Japanese conference has made such progress. Japan has already formulated a basic policy towards the European situation and will pursue it irrespective of the outcome of the Tokio parley."