JAPAN AND U.S.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 23 September 1941, Page 5

JAPAN AND U.S.

SECOND MESSAGE TO ROOSEVELT NEW PROPOSAL BY KONOYL • Hit 9. 10 a.m > N«bv \ <>i k, Sept Tin* Sb.t ni. ha i con pondmt of j 1 flic As... I , (.Ml Press n-poi (cl that a. Jajr.im-M* «*ini -viry is taking to President Roosevelt a second p*‘i-,,,-al n.« * iv e t': Min the I'miiici, ai ojnis,' Is to the Pi'.' .lull's reply to (be lirst Konoyc Note. Il is snmollicia !!> •dated that the Japanese ; ive «• te.l'- nee lo the report but 1 t ukio does not i iin.'irin it —I P A. HOPEFUL VIEW >V!I *. I \< TORY ACHE: WENT MAY RE R! \< IUJ) I 1 1 Ur a to. > Kobe, Sept. 22 i The “Japan Chronicle,” which is j Government controlled sail! to-day then is rea-on In hope even at this tale hour that a satisfactory agreement may he reached l>e_ | tween Japan and the Cnitcd States. IP.A. JAPAN'S WAR STRENGTH IlKi INCREASE CLAIMED ; ,|; ,- !).;.', -t.i.i. i Tokio, Sept. 22. j ; ]( limi 1 ici i initio 50 tinn n Tomuiagt>. win is a member of the ' War Ministry's Dress bureau. Japan. ) IC . adds, had never used her full j t.lrenglh against China and both the j j i;.v,\ and army had enough material to light a war on >n vend fronts at one Japan's talks with America are reported to I . at a deadlock over Tokio'.; minimum terms, first, control o! 1 lie Chinese treaty ports, secondly, - cunt ml of the four northern provinces, i thirdly, the maintenance of garrisons • elsewhere. Hong, Ivong reports that the Japan - 1 have launched a three-prongecl ofi. i. iv e north from Canton. 11 ap - ' p; : rently designed to forestall Chinese encroachments on the territory from I which Japan is recently reported to Pave withdrawn large forces.—-U.P.A. ISOLATIONIST MOVEMENT ••mVINIM.ING INTEREST” IN O.S. X.-W York, Sept. 21. f A number of United States news- ’ papers to-day published articles refer- ! ring to the "dwindling influence” of 1 the isolationist movement in the United States. The "New York Times” published a ‘ article by its chief Washington .. j correspondent, Mr Arthur Krock, rei j feri iik; to definite signs of a change j i : the altitude of the anti- war involvet i rnent group in Congress. I One significant indication, the corres--1 ! pondent ;ay . is the stand taken by s ! the American Legion Convention last Mv. oek. ’j’iie Convention voted unani- ” i mously. If fb'hting is necessary to de_ ' j i,-!,d the Ifniterl States, we insist on .ihe::’.:; oi'v>ared to do fighting outside Unit i States.” U.P A IN CANADIAN NORTH WEST CHAIN OF \i: ROD ROM I S TAKING SHAPE FOR t Ni l I I) STATES I'SE ALSO 1 (Roe. 9.25 a.m. > Ottawa, Sept. 22. t Air Vice-M'arshal Johnson in a 1 I broadcast said that, a chain of modern r 1 aerodromes was taking shape in the s | wilderness of the Canadian north-west R ! for the joint use of United States and '' Canadian forces. In the event of a p Pacific attack fiehtcr squadrons may j, be moved to northern British Columbin and Alasi;a wiibnut delay.- - U.P.A.