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Policy Hardens Under Mr. Arita

Tokyo, To-day.

The future policy of the new Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, towards Great Britain, Germany and Italy is outlined by the "Tokyo Nichi Nichi" yesterday.

The conversations conducted by the former Japanese For- eign Minister, Ugaki, with the

· British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, concerning the China problem are to be regarded as closed.

Mr. Arita, however, is ready, to resume the conversations should Sir Robert Craigie de- sire it but only subject to the

condition that a new basis of negotiations is to be adopted.

Japan regards it as a matter of course that Great Britain recognises the new situation in the Far East if the negotiations are to lead to an understanding with Japan.

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The "Nichi Nichi" also states that Japan is ready to consider German economic participation in rehabilitation of the Chinese market seeing that during the China conflict Germany and Italy-have maintained a friend- ly attitude towards Japan. Mr. Arita is said to be convinced of the necessity of strengthening a German-Italian-Japanese col- laboration in building up a new China-Trans-Ocean.

GERMANY AND ITALY AGREE TO ARBITRATE

BUDAPEST, TO-DAY.

IN MARSEILLES

FIRE

DISASTER

Marseilles, To-day.

Up till last night 24 dead had actually been counted FRANCO-GERMAN

while 69 persons were still missing in the fire disaster. It is likely that a number of bodies will still be found when the debris is cleared. away.

About 30 persons were injured in the conflagra- tion. A committee of three experts to ascer- tain the cause of the catastrophe has been ap- pointed, headed by the Chief Engineer of the Navy, M. Flaissier.

GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT

Paris, To-day.

Information that a Franco-Ger- man non-aggression pact will be signed in the near future appears

In the work of clearing away the NOT QUITE SANE to receive a certain degree of con-

ruins of the Marseilles' department store "Nouvelles Galeries" remains of the victims are being continual-

Paris, To-day.

firmation from a report in "Petit Parisien" which, in foreign affairs,

ly discovered. Thus the Paris A man appeared at the police newspaper report that in clearing station yesterday and declared that has the reputation of being semi- up a lot of dead bodies has been he was responsible for starting the official. found in one of the elevators of fire in the department store the store but that hitherto it has "Nouvells Galeries". been impossible to approach the spot. It is assumed that the lift contained both customers and em- ployees who were all using the lift just at the moment the fire broke out.

NUMEROUS LOOTERS

This paper reports. from Berlin | Apparently the self-accused is

that after the return of the Reich not in complete possession of his Foreign Minister, von Ribbentrop, mental faculties, but he was, at all to Berlin, the German Government events, detained. Trans-Ocean,

will be disposed to sign a kind of a gentlemen's agreement, correspon-

WEATHER FORECAST ding to a non-aggression pact.

The "Petit Parisien" mentions

The newspapers further report The Royal Observatory reports the end of December as the probable that many persons were arrested that the anticyclone over China date of signature and adds that the for plundering. Numerous pick-continues to ipcrease in intensity;

pockets were also caught redhand-the depression is now situated to possibility of a visit of Field Mar- ed taking advantage of the con- the north of Hokkaido.

shal Goering to Paris is to sign fusion to steal belongings of those Local forecast:- N. E. winds, the pact is under discussion. who were fighting to leave the moderate; fair. burning building,

In the hotel in which the Prime Minister, M. Daladier, and the Foreign Minister, M. Bonnet, were staying for the duration of the Radical So- cialist Congress and which likewise caught fire, an Italian was arrested being found to have in his possession docu- ments, addressed to the For eign Minister.

The Italian declared in the THE ANSWERS OF BOTH course of cross-examination that GERMAN AND ITALIAN GOV. he had entered the hotel to help ERNMENTS TO THE RE the fire brigade but cannot ex- QUEST OF THE HUNGARIAN plain how the documents came in GOVERNMENT TO ACT AS his possession. The police have ARBITRATORS IN THE HUN-kept him in custody.-Trans-Ocean. GARIAN - CZECHOSLOVAKIAN |

DISPUTE HAVE ARRIVED IN

to

·BUDAPEST ACCORDING : TO]notified both: Berlin and Rome that AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT it accepts this condition. In cir- ISSUED HERE LAST NIGHT. cles in touch with the Government Both Governments are declared it is expected that the deliberations to be prepared

comply with the of arbitration will begin on Wednes- wish of the Hungarian Government day. subject to the condition, that both Budapest and Prague recognise the decisions given unconditionally as binding.

The Hungarian Government, held Council of Ministers last night. Before the Council met the Prime Minister Bela von Imredy, was re- The Hungarian Government, says célved by the Regent, Admiral ven the official statement, has already | Horthy ---Trane Ocean."

Trans-Ocean.

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