JAPAN’S POLICY
•SPIPON; IN 'DIET
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
TOKYO, January 21
Hirota in a .speech in the Diet. said— Our fundamental policy is to maintain peace and friendship and develop trade with foreign powers. We are at present most concerned with the question of naval disarmament, about wnich. our policy was previously fully stated, viz th® 'abolition of aggressive /weapons and radical reduction of armaments, removing menace, and rendering attack impossible Because the Washington Treaty does not 'conform thereto, we notified its termination. Not only does Japan not intend to increase armaments, but she looks forward to a. new agreement in accordance with the principal of .Jisarmainen't. ;I)ondon 'talks having clarified the views .of the three powers, they have been adjourned to enable the •delegates to consult their Governments. Meanwhile informal discussions continue. Japan wishes to (resume negotiations as soon as possible, for establishing a fair reasonable agreement based on nonlnoiiace and non- : aggression.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1935, Page 3
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