NAVAL EXPANSION

Grey River Argus, 6 May 1933, Page 2

NAVAL EXPANSION

BY JAPAN. EQI'ALITY WITH BRITAIN(Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. May 4. “The 'fimes’s ” Tokio correspondent states; Emphasising that Germany though defeated in the war. was demanding equality in armaments, a Foreign Office spokesman stated that .Japan would demand parity in principle with Britain and America at the Naval Conference in 1935. Equality in a matter so vital was the only basis that nations to-day could be expected to accept. This does not mean that .Japan will refuse to reduce naval armaments. She is ready to negotiate practical modifications will Britain and America, when the principle of equality is conceded. Viscount Ishii, chief delegate on route to the Economic Conference, interviewed, said it was unlikely that Japan would be able to reduce armaments. much. “We are living at the foot of two volcanoes, which are quiescent, but not extinct.”