SINGAPORE BASE SCHEME.
INTENTIONS OF BRITAIN. PERTURBATION IN JAPAN. COMPLICATIONS PREDICTED. By Telegra&h—Press Association—Copjrieht(Received 12.35 ».m.) Reuter. TOKIO. Not. 8. Tho announcement that the new British Government has revived the question of the Singapore base is widely discussed in the Japanese papers, nearly all of which regard it as inevitable. The. Asahi Shimbun expresses the opinion that the construction of the base may lose much of its former significance in view of the probability of a second Disarmament Conference. It says, however, that if it is constructed it is bound to complicate the situation in the Far East, as Japan would be compelled to join in such a conference with reservations. The Yomiuri Shimbun says the advent of the Conservatives to power in Britain draws the attention of Japan to defence problems in the Far East. Tho Chuwo Shimbun, though it admits that the fortification of Singapore does not concern other nations, is of the opinion that such a plan would nullify the Washington Convention and excite competition in armaments
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18862, 10 November 1924, Page 7
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