DISARMAMENT.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1976, 18 November 1921, Page 4

DISARMAMENT.

The development of events at the Washington Conference is being watched with absorbing interest. A feeling of mutual confidence appears to have been created, and this has paved the way for surmounting many of the obstacles that are immediately presented, The Far Eastern problem is one that is difficult of solution. Japan is insisting upon certain definite conditions, but these are being resisted by China. The question of the Anglo-Japanese treaty is being freely discussed, and there is an unmistakable disposition on the part of the United States and other Powers to modify the relations between Britain and Japan. This can only be done, however, with the consent of the parties that are most directly concerned. Neither Britain nor Japan appear anxious to maintain the treaty, provided their interests in the Pacific and elsewhere are adequately safeguarded. The part played by submarines in modern warfare is naturally forming the subject of close consideration, and the decisions reached upon this and kindred questions will have a considerable bearing upon the future policies of the respective nations.