Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-15 | Page 3 | Foreign News

fOREIGN FOREIGN NEWS Japan Agrees to Pact Clause I R Requiring ing S Submarine maline Mercy TOKIO TORIO Oct 15 IS WP Japan UP Japan agreed formally t today day to retention of ot the submarine humanizing clause of the tho London naval treaty Shigeru YoshIda Japanese ambassador ambassador ambassador am am- to London was instructed to o sign a new V agreement retaining th ho submarine clau clause e which is part 4 of ot the original pact Arrangements for the new accord were verc completed late in 1935 when the United States Great Britain and Japan decided to continue the section indefinitely ly The three powers agreed to embody the clause which limits the activities of submarines submarines submarines sub sub- marines in a separate protocol At least two other nations nations- France and Italy Italy have have consented to o participate in the new accord The new new protocol would extend section 4 of the naval treaty which expires January 1 I 1937 1931 In two divisions the signatories would bind themselves to observe rules of international law under which surface v vessels operate In addition they would agree to accept t these specific regulations governing the use of submarines Undersea except raft craft except in the case of persistent refusal to stop on being duly summoned or of active ac- ac live tive resistance to visit or or search- search may not pot sink or render incapable of navigation a merchant vessel without having first placed passengers passengers passengers gers crews and ships ship's papers in a a place of safety I a C t ta a 5 Shigeru Yoshida He lie will sign signI I agreement for Japan