NAVAL POLICIES
JAPAN AND AMERICA
SIGNIFICANT ADDRESS
LONDON, January 23,
The "News-Chronicle's" Tokio correspondent says that Admiral Takahashi, commander of combined naval forces, when malting at the Osaka Club the first statement of policy since the Naval Conference's rejection of Japan's demand for parity, said:—
"Unless America renounces her naval policy, aimed at expansion of and protection of her foreign trade, Japan will he forced to extend her fleet's cruising radius to New Guinea, Celebes, and Borneo, and establish footholds in Formosa and mandated South Sea islands." \
He added that Japan's only objective was national defence, which was an example the United States should follow. Japan's trade advance in Manchukuo would soon reach its limit, necessitating expansion in the South Pacific. Admiral Takaliashi did not refer to British interests in the Pacific, although they are as extensive as America's.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 9
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139NAVAL POLICIES Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 9
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