JAPAN AND SINGAPORE.
♦ BRITAIN'S RESPONSIBILITIES RECOGNISED. (by cable— press association— copyright) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, December 21. The "Sunday Times" had an interview with Baron Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador, who said that he thought his country's , leaders recognised that the construction of the Singapore Base was inevitable, as Viscount Kato (Primo Minister) said. Japan realised that tho plans had been discussed many years ago. Tho whole world must rccogniso that Great Britain possessed a scattered Empire, and her statesmen rightly regarded it as their duty to do their best in the interests of the Empire. There was nothing more in the Singapore schcino than what might be called a sound commercial, proposition. Baron Hayashi added that he was confident that Japan's relations with America had never been more promising.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18263, 23 December 1924, Page 11
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