PEACEFUL JAPAN.
RESTRICTING ARMAMENTS.
TREATIES WITH THE POWERS.
By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright.
(Received January 22, 5.5 p.m.)
Tokio, January 21. Marquis Katsura (Premier of Japan), speaking, in a speech on foreign ■ relations, said Japan's relations with the leading Powers were cordial.
The British alliance, he said, was gaining strength with age.
Japan did not, said Marquis Katsura, expect to complete treaties with all the, Powers without difficulty, but the expenditure on armaments would be restricted to the necessities of the country.
AMERICA'S PACIFIC COAST.
WHAT JAPAN MIGHT DO. New York, January 20. Mr. W. E. Humphrey, Congressman, speaking at Detroit, said that in the event of war Japan could seize Seattle, Ta-coma, and Portland, all the transcontinental railway routes, and the Bremerton navy yards, and could fortify the mountain passes before the United States could despatch 15,000 troops to the Pacific coast.
The United States navy, he said, would be helpless because it needed merchant vessels, and the army was too small for quick and adequate protection.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14585, 23 January 1911, Page 5
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