FORTIFICATIONS IN PACIFIC
* JAPAN’S ATTITUDE NEED FOR NEW AGREEMENT (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 27, 11.45 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 27. The Tokyo correspondent of the 1 “New York Times” says that the newspaper “Asahi” states: “Japan is not prepared to renew article 19 of the Washington Treaty, concerning fortifications in the Pacific. She desires a new agreement adapted to the changed conditions,” This, the correspondent states, will be the substance of Japan’s reply to Great Britain. She will point out that the treaty forbids Japan to fortify islands within 500 miles of her shores, but allows the United States to fortify Hawaii, 2400 miles distant. Mention will also be made of the technical improvement since 1022, enormously enlarging the striking power of fleets and making this article of the treaty unreasonable.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21976, 28 December 1936, Page 7
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