NAVAL POLICY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19940, 26 October 1934, Page 9

NAVAL POLICY

JAPANESE CLAIM FOR NEW TREATY United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received October 25, 7.30 p.m.) The Japanese delegates outlined their claims and plan for a new naval treaty replacing both the Washington and London Treaties. The United United States representatives played the role of listeners and communicated the proposals to Washington. “The Morning Post” understands that the reception by the United States delegates was much less favourable than by the British delegates.

The Japanese mee the British delegates again on Friday when they expect to receive a considered reply.

The first of the present series of bilateral naval conversations opened on Tuesday, when the Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay Macdonald) presided over a meeting of Japanese delegates, at which other British Cabinet Ministers will atend. This Is Mr Macdonald’s first contact with these preliminary conversations since their suspension. It is felt that the opportunity should be taken of hearing a statement of the Japanese attitude towards the question under review before resuming the Anglo-American talks. Both Britain and America would be content to see the Washington Treaty continued and to have the London Agreement, expiring in 1936, replaced by a new one.