Show r When Jap Japan n Acted as Peace-Maker Peace MILES 1 CHINA flU PHON N 0 t t THAILAND I c KH ONG B KHONE SAP SAP x r SAIGON CULT OF Diagonally shaded area on map was ceded by Indo-China Indo to Thailand French retain much of the Luang section 1 which Thai originally demanded Islands of Khong and Khone Rhone 2 will be under Thai sovereignty but will have a joint administration S Tokyo Foreign Minister Departs for Berlin TOKYO March 12 UP Foreign UP-Foreign Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka Matsuoka Mat- Mat uoka left Tokyo Wednesday night on the first leg o of his momentous momentous momentous mo mo- journey to Berlin after obtaining a pledge from Thailand Thailand Thai- Thai land and and French Indo-China Indo to enter no political military or economic understandings not 4 favorable to Japan Shouts of Banzai Banzai Hooray Hooray rang In Matsuoka's Matsuoka's Mat- Mat uoka's ears as He boarded a train in n the Tokyo station Crowds Fill Station The train pulled out at 1030 p. p m. m but despite the late hour the station tation was crowded with well- well I wishers to see oft off the first Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese foreign minister to leave his native shores since the Japa Russo-Japa nese peace treaty was signed at Portsmouth N. N Hi H in 1906 Special gendarmes and police pollee guarded the platform Among those who saw Matsuoka off were War Minister General Hideki Tojo Navy Minister Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral Koshiro the army chief of staff General Gen Sugiyama Sugiyama Sugiyama Sugi- Sugi yama and other high government officials Members Members' of the German embassy sy y staff staffs glittering in diplomatic and military uniforms were prominent prominent prominent nent in the crowd The pledge made in documents exchanged by Japan with Thailand and France In behalf of IndoChina IndoChina IndoChina Indo- Indo China was disclosed by the government government government gov gov- information board a day after a Thai Indo peace treaty reaty terms of which were dictated dic- dic by Japan had been initialed Cites Trips Trip's Objects According to a news agency broadcast heard in New NewYork NewYork NewYork I York Matsuoka said The major object of my trip is to visit Berlin and Rome where I will meet the leaders of Germany and Italy to explain the real significance of Japans Japan's foreign policy on one hand and on the other to tighten axis cooperation with a view to making substantial contributions to the I construction of a new order for forthe forthe forthe the world which forms the objective objective objective tive of the power tri pact Matsuoka according to Domel was understood to have informed privy councilors of the state regarding regarding regarding re re- re- re garding soviet Japanese and soviet- soviet American relations and progress of talks with the Netherlands East Indies government |