Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-06 | Page 3 | Japan is Given Peace Warning

JAPAN IS GIVEN PEACE WARNING TOKIO May 6 UP Japans Japan's premier and foreign minister warned the imperial diet today that Japan must maintain the peace of ot Asia despite the menace of oC soviet armaments armament in the far east Premier Koki Hirota and Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita reported to the parliament on internal and International International international in In- relations Arita urged closer relationships between the United States Great Britain and Japan for the tho preservation preservation preservation of or world peace He regretted that present relations between Japan and the soviet union cannot be bo said to be altogether ther felicitous The fundamental cause for misunderstanding misunderstanding misunderstanding mis mis- understanding between Russia and Japan Arita said lies in the lack lacko o of comprehension on the part of soviet statesmen of Japans Japan's positIon position position tion in east Asia coupled with their baseless fears and suspicions Tho The fact that the soviet army maintains excessive armaments at its remote in the far east cast constitutes a real menace to peace in this part of ot the world he saidI saidI saidI said I desire to state definitely on this occasion that Japan in her solicitude for the peace of east cast Asia cannot remain indifferent to that fact Commenting on relations between the United States and Japan Arita said in Japanese American-Japanese frI friendship friendship friend friend- nd- nd ship lies the very key to the maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- of ot peace in the Pacific