AMERICAN OPPOSITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18585, 20 December 1934, Page 5

AMERICAN OPPOSITION

DEADLOCK NOT ENDED

LONDON, Dec. 13.

Whether fresh consultations between Count Yamamoto, the principal Japanese delegate and his Cabinet —which arq possible in the event of a four months’! adjournment of the naval discussions—will lessen Japanese rigidity, cannot bq answered at present, but the navy iq inflexible in its demands, says the Tokioj representative of the Times. j In the present condition of Japanese; politics, which have sunk lower than( last session, the navy’s position is im-> pregnable, yet, in spite of the continual demand for equality, it is never sugi gested that Japan wants a fleet equal l to that of America.

The public believes that Japan's pros posals for a smaller and cheaper fleet, more suitable for- Japan’s needs, have encountered unwavering American opposition, on the score of equality, and that this is .Lhe cause of deadlock.

Japan favors a continuance of the discussions, but it is doubtful whether an adjournment will solve the dilemma between Japan’s wish for greater and cheaper security and the American preference for Itrge cruisers.