NAVAL LIMITATION.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19202, 7 January 1928, Page 13

NAVAL LIMITATION.

JAPAN'S PART

AMBASSADOR'S ADDRESS

(BY CABLE— IT.ESS ASSOCIATION'—COMBiGBT.)

(AUSTRALIAN AXD X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.)

(Received January 6th, 9.5 p.m.)

XEW YORK, January o.

The Japanese Ambassador, Mr Matsudaira, addressing the Japan Society, said: "I am most happy to think that the modest efforts made by Japan at the recent Geneva Conference have not escaped recognition by other nations. I am reluctant to believe the Conference was in vain, and I am confident none of the three Powers concerned regards it as a final rupture of negotiations on the important subjects with which it dealt. I believe that a satisfactory agreement for the limitation of auxiliary naval craft will eventually be reached. Japan will continue to pursue a constructive pqlicy of peace, and will support any undertaking .which promises to help in the definite establishment of peace and justice among nations."

The speaker defended Japans policy in China, denying that it "was an aggressive policy. He declared that Japan Was determined to respect the principle of the "open door" and equal opportunity everywhere in China. Mr Matsudaira also commented upon the growth in strength and importance of the. good relations between . Japan and America.

CAUSE OF EXPLOSION

BERLIN, January 3,

The explosion which wrecked a house in the city is ascribed to a refrigerator for the five-storey block of flats or to the escape- of coal gas.