JAPAN'S POLICY
AMITY WITH ENGLAND AND AMERICA
NOT TOTALITARIAN
SPEECH IN DIET
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.).
(Received March 7, 1 p.m.) TOKIO, March 6.
The Foreign Minister (Mr. Arita) 1 informed the Diet that it is Japan's intention to be friendly with England and America, adding that the AntiComintern Pact was not a totalitarian union against the democracies, because Japan was not a totalitarian State. Moreover, the Anti-Comin-tern Pact was directed solely against the Comintern. Japanese diplomacy was not limited to a three-Power agreement. Japan desired to establish a new understanding with England and America.
The Minister of Marine (Admiral Yonai), however, cited the English and American re-armament, adding: "We are not planning simultaneous operations against Loth Powers, but aim to attain such strength as will enable operations against the betterequipped Powers." The Diet is about to consider the Supplementary Estimates, amounting to £53,600,000, two-thirds of which is for defence.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 55, 7 March 1939, Page 11
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