JAPAN CENSORED.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13180, 12 February 1936, Page 5

JAPAN CENSORED.

AMERICAN SENATORS’ ATTACK.

ARROGANT AND IMPERTINENT

United Press Assn.—By Electric T elegraph—Cop v right. WASHINGTON. February 10. Senator Pittman, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee delivered an address in the Senate to-day so critical of Japanese policy that it is feared it is likely to arouse worldwide attention. He claimed that Japan intends to close the door in China to America “even if war is necessary to accomplish it,” and advocated that the American naval and air forces should be sufficient to ••protect” American rights. “China is still an. independent Government at peace with the world and desirous of trading with u.s and there is nothing in the circumstances that can legally ot for long physically interfere with such trade. He characterised as arrogant and impertinent the alleged statements of Admiral Takahashi that unless the United States renounces her naval policy aimed at the expansion and protection of her foreign trade Japan would be forced to extend her fleets’ cruising radius to New Guinea., the Celebes and Borneo and establish a foothold in Formosa and the mandated South Sea. Islands. Senator Pittman declared that Congress would not be bulldozed into tlie abandonment of national defence and the protection of America’s legitimate foreign trade or her commerce with China. Senator Dew is, who recently visited Russia, joined Senator Pittman, in his attack on Japan with the novel prediction that Japan and the Soviet would form an alliance against the United States for the domination of Asia to the exclusion of American trade and eventually co-operate in the seizure of Alaska and the Philippines.

The Military Appropriation Bill which was introduced into Congress to-day calls for a record expenditure of 572.000,000 dollars, although of this 197.000.000 lollars are for nonmilitary purposes; such as building waterways and other internal improvements which are handled by the War Department. The allocation for military purposes is increased by 23,000.000 dollars. Funds for the construction of 565 combat aeroplanes are included.