JAPAN AND CHINA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24837, 10 February 1942, Page 5

JAPAN AND CHINA

PLANNING BY TOKIO WASHINGTON, (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) Feb. 8. Tokio reports tbat Japan is considering the abolition of extra-territorial rights in China .as the next step to closer collaboration between China and Japan. According to a statement by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Admiral Togo, action is being taken very soon, but the interests of Japanese nationals in China will be specially considered. Eighty-nine factories and businesses which the Japanese Army took over in North China and Central China have been returned to their Chinese owners, , Admiral Togo added that the Japanese will soon negotiate with Moscow for the signature and ratification of the trade pact drawn up last June. . .. _ T .. The Japanese oil wells in North Sakhalien, at which production was stopped for some months, have resumed their output, although there are many difficulties before normal production is reached.

Canadians in Britain The Canadian forces in Britain arc benefiting by the ever-increasing flow of new war material, and some of their armoured units are now equipped with the latest “ Churchill ’’ tanks. The Secretary for the Dominions. Viscount Cranborne, and the Canadian High Commissioner, Mr Vincent Massey, visiting these units in Southern England, saw how well and quickly the Canadians mastered the intricacies of one of the finest fighting vehicles Britain has ever produced. They were accompanied by Lieutenant-general Crear, who, in the absence of Lieuten-ant-ganeral McNaughton, commands the Canadians in Britain.