A GENTLE THREAT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 39, 25 January 1936, Page 6

A GENTLE THREAT.

Japan May Expand Her Cruising Radius.

UNLESS AMERICA ANNOUNCES NAVAL POLICY OP-EXPANSION

Press Association—nopyrislit, V- " ' London' Jan. : 23. The Chronicle’s Tokio correspondent says, that Unless America renounces a aimed at expansion and protection of her foreign trade, Japan will be ;forced to extend her fleet’s cruising radius to New Guinea, Celebes and Borneo and to establish footholds in Formosa and in the mandated south sea islands, according to Admiral Takahashi, commander of the combined naval forces, when making at Osaka Club a first statement of policy since the Naval Conference’s rejdddon of a demand for parity. He added that Japan’s only objective was national defence which was an example the; United -States should follow. Japan’s trade advance in Manchukuo would seon reach its limit, necessitating expansion in the south Pacific. Admiral Takahashi did not refer to British interests in the Pacific although they are as extensive as America’s.