PACIFIC ISLANDS
CLAUSE IN TREATY FORTIFICATION BARRED BRITAIN SEEKS RENEWAL NOTES TO OTHER POWERS By Telegraph—rress Association —Copyright (Received Oclob<?r 8, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 7 The British Government has approached the United States and Japan regarding the renewal of Article XIX. of the Washington Treaty of 1022 to maintain the status quo in the non-fortification of islands in the Pacific. According to a despatch from Washington, Britain's proposal met with comment there which is interpreted as signifying that the United States Government is prepared to keep up the pace, but not to initiate a naval race. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. C. A. Swanson, said fortifications must be met with other fortifications and one menace with another menace.
A message from Tokio states that the Japanese Foreign Office has not received the British Note vet?. It is believed that Japan approves the spirit and aim of the proposal, but will carefully consider her reply, because tho areas concerned, chiefly the Bonin Islands, Loochoo Islands, and Formosa are vital to homo defence, while Britain and the United States arc restricted only in regard to outlying possessions.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22545, 9 October 1936, Page 11
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