PEACE PACT PROPOSAL
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JAPANESE ATTITUDE.
A “WAIT AND-SEE” POLICY.
AGREEMENT, WITH : PRINCIPLE
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRO
TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received 1.40 p.m. to-day. TOKIO, May 25. It is reliablv stated that Japan will not accept in full the American antiwar pact proposal.. Japan will express agreement in principle with American efforts to outlaw war, but will not commit herself definitely pending further expressions of British and French diplomacy, and preferring a waiting role while the Anglo-American conversations continue.
JAPANESE READY TO' PARTICIPATE.
CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE
POiWERS
TOKIO, May 25. The Cabinet has approved the reply to the American anti-war proposal. It states that Japan is pleased to support the proposition on the understanding it does not conflict with the agreement under the League of Nations and does not prevent actions due for selfprotection. Japan is ready to participate in a conference to substantiate such a pact between the Powers.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 May 1928, Page 9
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152PEACE PACT PROPOSAL Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 May 1928, Page 9
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