FRIENDSHIP DESIRED.
JAPAN’S FOREIGN POLICY. j . ' " , ;i;. ;*' ; d ... BRITAIN AND UNITED STATES. TOKIO, March 6. The Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr H. Arita) informed the Diet that it was Japan’s intention to be friendly with Britain and America. He added that the Anti-Comintern Pact was not a totalitarian union against the democracies, because Japan was not, totalitarian. Moreover, the Anti-Comintern Pact was directed solely against the Comintern. Japanese diplomacy was not limited to' a thrqcPower agreement. Japan desired to establish a new understanding with Britain and America. The Minister for Marine (Admiral Yonai), however, cited the British and American rearmament programmes and added: “We are not planning simultaneous operations against both Powers, but we aim to attain such strength as will enable operations against the better-equipped of them.” The Diet is about to consider supplementary estimates totalling £56,600,000 two-thirds of which, is for defence.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 129, 14 March 1939, Page 5
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