Tokio Public Opinion Acclaims Naval Accord

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7170, 18 March 1930, Page 7

Tokio Public Opinion Acclaims Naval Accord

EUT NAVY MEN DISSATISFIED. United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Tuesday, 2 a.m. TOKIO, March 16. The vernacular press acclaims the latest American proposal as evidence that accord is assured but the Naval heads aro reported to bo dissatisfied, reiterating Japan’s necessity for 70 per cent of large cruisers as the absolute minimum. Meanwhile, the civil authorities arc reticent and non-com-mittal.

French Without Tears LONDON, March 16. The Sunday Times Paris correspondent, in a dispatch, says: “France was never greatly enamoured with the Disarmament Conference, preferring the Preparatory Commission at Geneva. Therefore, she is not keenly disappointed at the present crisis. “Unless M. Tardicu’s visit to London or Signor Grand!’s telephone talks to Rome produce a miracle, the French opinion is that the conference v. ill be practically dead, which fact will occasion little surprise and few tears.”