JAPAN AND DISARMAMENT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 13 December 1920, Page 5

JAPAN AND DISARMAMENT.

CHINA AND SHANTUNG.

£V CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION-OOP rETGHT (Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.) GENEVA, Dec. 12. Baron Ishii informed the armaments sub-committee that Japan objected to observing the conditions of disarmament proposed by .the League while other big Powers were outside the League, and would not observe the conditions. He added Japan would increase her armaments in accordance with her programme already settled in 1921 probably in 1922. The Assembly, on resuming, gave an ovation to' M. Bourgeois upon obtaining the Nobel Peace Prize for 1920. The President offered his congratulations to M. Bourgeois, who was one of the founders of the League. Count Hayashi, during a press interview, having expressed regret thatChina had not established a stable central Government, the Chinese repre-' sentative said the League was intended'! to foster an international spirit and! understanding, but this ideal was not served by the statement of his Japanese colleague. China was doing her best to build up a democratic Government. Questioned as to whether he intended to bring up the subject of Shantung, he said he did not intend to follow the example of his Japanese colleague by making such a grave subject one of | propaganda. Shantung was the most burning question in the Chinese public mind, and he would take the earliest opportunity to refer to the matter at the proper time and place. The League of Nations was at present largely concerned with the duty of creating the i necessary machinery. He could not say j wheteher he would take action nest week or at the next Assembly. I