DISARMAMENT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18600, 30 December 1920, Page 5

DISARMAMENT.

JAPAN’S ATTITUDE.

♦ READY FOR AGREEMENT WITH

OTHER NATIONS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 29, 9.5 p.in.) , LONDON, Dumber 29. The Japanese Ambassador states that Japan is ready to effect a reduction in her armament in agreement with others. She believes in mutual forbearance and goodwill amongst nations, and wishes ardently that the cause of the League of Nations should be crowded with success.

(Received December 30, 12.20 a.iu.) TOKIO, December 29.

The newspaper “ .Fiji Shimpo,” which is one of the strongest supporter's of the Government's naval policy, has announced that if the world consents to cease competitive naval construction, ihere is no reason why Japan’s plan for eight battleships, eight battlecruisers and 120 submarines, to be completed in 1925, should not be modified. The newspapers have requested the Japanese Government to take the initiative, pointing out that current expenditure on education is less than a tenth of that on armaments.