Show WASHINGTON MEMOS m By HOWARD S. WALKER D. 30 This week's according to was to be a dissertation on our opinions of the present international far better than our meagre ideas would be a statement by one of President Roosevelt's closest Senator Elbert D. Thomas of expert on Far Eastern affairs and on the strained Japan- ese-American Following is a verbatim account of Sena-tor Thomas' exclusive release to the the first at least a cardinal principle of Japan's foreign policy is based upon the theory of friendship with the United That comes about because of our closeness in the Pacific and because of Japan's economic dependency on her best and it also occurs historically be- cause of our earlier friendship when was brought out of have always said that Japan's agree- with Berlin and Rome was ent and would only work to her For some time I have felt sure that Japan would break that agreement rather that break its friendship with England ana j the United the two great powers of the Japan's interests are basically interests related to those of tw naval fall of the Konoye government last week gave us some concern as it was Jf i as being brought about by the pro-war and pro-axis But the setting up of the new cabinet we can see that this is not the I feel that even with con as they are this outlook carries er l ments of optimism in greater weight than it does elements of Ir |