Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-02-01 | Page 4 | Russia Accused of Violating Borders by Nippon War Chief

RUSSIA ACCUSED OF VIOLATING BORDERS BY NIPPON WAR CHIEF ) . . ' TOKYO, Feb. 1 (AT) Jspen's army and aavy today asked parliament to apprrve a uw seven-year arm are. ' grant totting about $71,00,0. ; TOKYO, Feb. 1 (AP) War Minister General Shunroku BaU declared today that Soviet Russia had committed "scores of Illegal acta" after conclusion of the truce on the Manchukuo-. Manchukuo-. Outer Mongolia .border and that Japan'f army "therefore,, if not relaxing Its watch." General Bata node the statement state-ment in an address to the opening aaasioa of the diet (parliament), following the foreign policy report of Hachlro Arlta, foreign minister, who expressed Japan's hope of putting put-ting her trade relations with the United States back on a treaty basis. . Hat said llletal Ruaalaa acts had occurred on borders other than the disputed frontier between Man-ehukuo Man-ehukuo and Outer Mongolia. , Answers British Note - British Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Cralgle was given Japan's reply to the British note of January Jan-uary 27 answering the Japanese protest against aslsuro of 31 Gee mans from the Japanese liner Asama Maru. Arlta'a address canvassed the whole range of Japan's international interna-tional relations, Unlike last year, when the diet applauded wildly over plans for Japan's "new order" in east Asia, Arlta a summary was met with dead silence. - Although the foreign minister gave no hint of immediate plans for the future, Premier Admiral Mltaumaaa Yonal declared the government gov-ernment was attempting to expedite expe-dite enforcement of a planned economy In Manchukuo and China In accordance with the "new order." or-der." Without setting forth concrete plans, Arlta outlined these general themes of Japanese foreign policy: The United States Arlta expressed ex-pressed hope that a new treaty could be concluded to end the day to-day status of Japanese-American trade as a result of the United States' abrogation last Friday Fri-day of the 1911 oommerdal treaty with Japan. Third powers la China The foreign for-eign minister disavowed any Japanese Japa-nese Intention to eliminate "legitimate "legiti-mate rights and Interests ef the United Slates and ether third puweis" Soviet Russia 'Arlta said Japan would search for "concrete and practical solutions" to the main issues primarily trade and boundaries boun-daries eeparating the two nations. China Arlta declared the new central government with Wang, former Chinese premier now at odds with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, as premier would be established In the "near future." Great Britain The foreign minister min-ister said Japan was doing her "utmost" to settle satisfactorily the Incident January 31 when a British warship took 31 German passengers off a Japanese liner. Germany and Italy Relations with Germany and Italy "have grown increasingly cordial ever since the conclusion of the sntl-eomlntern sntl-eomlntern agreement," Arlta declared, de-clared, adding that Japan 'a "policy of defense against the Comintern remains unaltered." He cited Japan's Ja-pan's gratitude to Germany and Italy for their "sympathy and .support" since the beginning of "the China affair."