NOT MILITARISTIC.
A PLEA FOR JAPAN.
WISH FOR DISARMAMENT
(Per Press Association Copyright.) (Received April 23, 9.5 a.m.) TOKIO, April 22. | In an interview Takeshi Hukai, Minister for Education and Leader of the Third Party m the Diet, said: "I firmly believe, there is no danger whatsoever from the outside world should the United States grant the Philippines independence, for I can «tate definitely that Japan has no territorial ambitions m that direction. It has been frequently charged against us that Japan is a military nation, but Japanese armaments resulted from wars with China, Russia and Germany. The moral or the world war is not lost on the Japanese nation. Those acquainted with Japanese policies can readily see that Japanese militarists no longer dictate the policies, either internal or external. Japan is ruled to-day not by army men but by civilians. Japan is ready to find a means of reducing armaments if initiative comes from other powers, particularly America."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9498, 23 April 1921, Page 5
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