§ 3. Sir John Wardlaw-Milneasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make with regard to the recent declarations of the Japanese Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the desire of their Government for friendly relations with Great Britain, and for a new starting-point in Japan's relations with China?
§ Mr. EdenHis Majesty's Government were gratified to read the speeches in which the new Japanese Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed their desire for co-operation and friendship with Great Britain. His Majesty's Government, for their part, are equally anxious to do everything that may be possible to ensure friendly and harmonious relations with the Japanese Government. They will, moreover, welcome any improvement in the relations between China and Japan, holding as they do that the stability and prosperity of a China at peace with all her neighbours is desirable in the interests of those neighbours and of the world at large.