NEW CABINET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1939, Page 5

NEW CABINET

FORMATION IN JAPAN BARON HIRANUMA RESIGNS. FOREIGN POLICY OF NATION UNDERMINED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrighi TOKIO. August 28. The Japanese Government has resigned. Reuter’s Tokio correspondent says that the resignation is regarded as a direct consequence of the RussianGerman pact, which has undermined Japan's foreign policy. An earlier report stated that the Prime Minister. Baron Hiranuma. had made statements on measures to reorganise the domestic front, and later he would report to the Emperor on what was being clone.

The main reason for the resignation, it is stated in Tokio, is that Baron Hiranuma felt himself bound to accept the responsibility for the failure of the negotiations for a military alliance with the Axis, which is thought to have been partly responsible for the Russian-German pact decision. It is understood that none of the retiring members of the Cabinet will be included in the next Cabinet, which is likely to be led by General Nobuyukiabe, the supreme commander in 1936. EFFECT ON GERMANY SPECULATION IN LONDON. LONDON, August 28. The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that there is some disposition to assume that the Japanese Cabinet’s resignation may cause Germany to ponder for a few days longer. It is felt that Baron Hiranuma resigned because he was unable to keep Germany in line with the ant I-Comintern agreement. GENERAL ABE AS PREMIER , ' TOKIO, August 28. General Abe has been ordered to form a new Cabinet. ITALY’S ATTITUDE NOT AFFECTED BY PACT WITH SOVIET. (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) TOKIO, August 28. The Domei Agency states that the Italian Ambassador assured the Foreign Minister, Mr H. Arita, that Italy's attitude to Japan was not affected by the German-Soviet Pact and that Italy earnestly desires to maintain and increase friendly relations with Japan.