FOR NAVAL REDUCTION
JAPANESE PLAN BEING PREPARED.
TOKIO, 7th September. The Asah'i Shimbun states: "The naval experts of Japan are preparing a definite naval reduction plan for submission to. the Armament Conference. Japan will announce her willingness to reduce her eight-eight capital ships programme to eight battleships and six cruisers. This is -the minimum limit for the safety. o's the Empire, and would be adopted provided Britain and the United States made similar reductions. Japan will ask tho United States to-suspend the .present three-year naval programme, and will insist on the abandonment of all fortifications in Pacific Islands.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 61, 9 September 1921, Page 7
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98FOR NAVAL REDUCTION Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 61, 9 September 1921, Page 7
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