LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 January 1928, Page 5

LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS.

AGREEMENT WILL BFJ REACHED

J APANEBE AMBASSADOR! OPTIMISTIC.

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPY RlUH'i NEW. YORK, Jan. 5.

The Japanese ambassador, Mr Matsudaira, addressing the Japan Society said : ‘I am most happy to think that the modest efforts made by Japan at the recent Geneva Conference have not escaped recognition by other nations. I,.am reluctant to believe that the conference was in vain, and L am confident that none or the three Powers concerned regards it as a final rupture of negotiations on the important, siiujects with which it dealt. “I believe that a satisfactory agreement for limitation of auxiliary naval craft will' eventually be .reached,” continued Mr Matsudiaira. “Ivapan will continue to pursue a constructive policy of peace and will support any undertaking which promises to help the definite establishment of peace and justice among the nations.” The speaker defended Japan’s policy in China, denying that it was* an aggressive one. He declared that Japan was determined to respect the principle of the open door and equal opportunity everywhere in China. Mr Matsudaira also commented upon the growth, in strength and importance of Japnnese-Amerioan relations.