LONDON CONFERENCE
SINGAPORE BASE. VIEWS OF JAPANESE DELEGATE. (United Press Association.) (By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, January 3. (Received Jan. 4, at 5 p.m.) Count Wakatsuki, in the course of a statement, said that Japan did not intend raising the question of the Singapore base at the forthcoming conference. He did not favour the abolition ot submarines, which he regarded as a weapon of defence, although the expected the limitation of certain types to be discussed. Asked whether Japan would agree to a three or four-Power arrange? ment if a five-Power pact was not reached, he said that Japan -came to negotiate with the four other Powers, and it was expected that a five-Power pact would result therefrom.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20917, 6 January 1930, Page 8
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