NAVAL CONFERENCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 12, 15 January 1936, Page 7

NAVAL CONFERENCE

ADMIRAL NAGANO’S DIFFICULTY TOKIO’S LATEST INSTRUCTIONS NO RUPTURE, NO CONCESSIONS Received Jan. 14, 10 p.m. LONDON, jam 14. The Times’ naval correspondent says that the postponement indicates that Admiral Nagano is encountering difficulties in carrying out Tokio’s latest instructions enjoining “no rupture but no concession,'’ apparently meaning that the Tokio Government is still insisting on a common upper limit demand, but without pressing the question to a decision. Other delegations are perfectly willing to re-examine the Japanese demand, but only on a definite understanding that if it does not command assent it must, this time, be finally dropped and not revived. “No concession” may well prove to be iucompatil le with “no rupture” unless the Japanese instructions are further modified. AT A CRITICAL STAGE FURTHER POSTPONEMENTS JAVANESE AND UPPER LIMCIS [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, Jan. 13. A critical stage has been reached at the Lonn-a Naval Conference, aud much importance will be attached to the decision taken at the next meeting »f tiie conference, which will be L?id The conference at the last m-i* ting arranged to resume ou Friday, but, in view of the Japanese delegatioiT desire t_> return to their original proposal for common upper limits of the total naval tonnage, a postp) icmtnt until this evening was agreed upon. A lurther postponement until to-morrow •mis accepted at the request of the Japanese. It is understood that a postponement was sought by the Japanese delegation in order to offer sug-ge.-tions providing for adjustments which would take into account variations in the vulnerability and the needs tor naval defence of various i he newspapers commenting on the subject agree that if the Japanese proposal wa.-. put to the vote it would undoubtedly be rejected. They anticipate, however, that the other Powers will not force a vote and that the conference will again agree to reserve the common upper limit proposal for further reflection and examination. This would clear the way for the FivePower Conference to proceed with the problem of qualitative limitation. Fears that the Japanese might leave the conference, if their proposals were not accepted, which had been expressed in some papers, recently appear to have been allayed, and expectation is that search for an agreement will continue in the spirit of goodwill which Las characterised the attitude of all delegations since .the conference opened.