FRANK INTERVIEW

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 August 1933, Page 5

FRANK INTERVIEW

JAPANESE WAR MINISTER

THE NAVAL TREATIES

WESTERN DIPLOMACY CRITICISED

(United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright)

NEW YORK, 19th August, What is interpreted here as Japanese intention to advance the 1235 Naval Conference and denounce both the Washington and London Naval Treaties is seen in a remarkably frank interview granted by the Minister of War, Mr Araki, to the Associated Press and circulated widely throughout the United States, declaring that Japan has no apologies to offer for her action in Manchuria and C-liinae, and bitterly assailing Western diplomacy “with its lip service of peace.” Mr Araki declares that “international accords and international combinations have helped Japan none in her times of need.” He then instances the war with Russia, etc., and continues:—“ln 1922 the British Empire, desiring to favour the United States, summarily abrogated our alliance, and to-day our people are practically barred from migrating to vast semi-filled spaces in the British dominions —Canada and Australia.” Concerning naval affairs, Mr Araki says: “Suspicion and mistrust persist despite the Washington and London Treaties” and he stresses that lie will do all in his power to promote Japanese American friendship. He adds: “Nor shall either of us try to force upon the other a ratio of naval power which might injure the national prestige of that and other nations as soine of us Japanese believe that America, is doing in insisting that the Japanese navy accept tonnage and strength far below that of the American navy.”