WORLD NAVIES.
DEMANDS BY JAPAN
LIMITATION OF “OFFENSIVE” UNITS.
(British Official Wireless.) Received October 30, 11.35 a.m. RUGBY, Oct. 29.
The first official naval talks between the representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States Governments began at Downing Street today. Both the British and American delegates were familiar with the outline of the Japanese proposals, of which they to-day compared their impressions. Broadly stated, the Japanese proposals come under two headings—quantitative proposals, which suggest a common upper limit with considerable freedom inside the tonnage total and qualitative proposals, which are directed at a drastic limitation of “offensive” units.
Although the British and American delegates naturally approach the proposals from different political and geographical backgrounds, the difficulty confronting both delegations was to. reconcile the Japanese desire for a common upper limit with the different defence needs.
Again, in regard to the qualitative proposals, a difficulty arises in deciding which types of vessels are offensive and which are defensive. The discussions will be continued this week on a bilateral basis.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 285, 30 October 1934, Page 7
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