Show 2 KATO INSISTS ON JAPANS JAPAN'S GOOD GOO IL INTENTIONS Says ys tys Arms Conference Has Ha Cemented Friendship for America 1 NEW YORK Jan 14 The H.-The The advancement ad acI of ot Japanese American-Japanese friendship bas lias been signally promoted by the Washington conference Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral Baron Tomosa-Buro Tomosa Kato senior Japanese delegate to the conference said tonight in an address before the Japanese society In a few short weeks he added we we have dissipated the clouds that marred the naturally clear and skies happy of ot th tWo the Pacific Two months Baron Kato s ago continued con tinned we heard loose talk of ot possible bl ble war Today we are contemplating an established peace Early in November Novem Novem- ber the newspapers frequently used i such phrases as conflict of ot interests pr macy of ot the tho seas' seas and menacing aggressions' aggressions today they are talking more in terms of ot understanding accord accord accord ac ac cord and cooperation and the principal prin cipal criticism of ot Japan nowadays is ir that she does not agree quite a as quickly as you make proposals for tor ac ac cord ord IS IS IN EARNEST Nor INor is this my friends only phrase phrase- phraseology Critics may say such declarations declarations declarations decla decla- rations as we have been making a at Washington were were made a hundred years years ars ago at Vienna and subsequently at at- atthe the Hague and therefore will amount to nothing But that is not th the these case tase se for tor very er definite reasons In th the first place the several nations represented seated In Washington have given by the concessions they have made to th the tha views of ot others tangible demonstrations lions of ot the earnestness of ot their Unless the spirit that actuates the people of ot these nations were deep rooted footed in sincere desire these concessions concessions conces conces- would not have rase been possible Fortunately the interests the de desires desires desires de- de sires of ot the greater nations of ot the world are In accord otherwise the scrapping scrapping scrap scrap- ping ling of ot hundreds of ot thousands of ot tons ton ships would not be practicable practicable practicable able or acceptable DENIES MILITARISM I r want particularly to draw your attention to one fact tact An effort eUort barbe has bar b be Keen en n made for tor a number of ot years to tc present sent Japan to you as a military naIon nation nation na na- na- na tion Ion designing to dominate the Pa Pa- Some of or us Japanese have tried to disabuse the minds of ot who were wont to believe this but with many the charge remained up to the present conference Within these recent weeks Japan by accepting the 5 3 ratio has given evidence which only the weak minded will in future dispute and at the same I time this ratio is also assurance that r 1011 ru r u have no intention of ot assaulting us We have never aspired or Intended to challenge the security of Amerl America a or her far tar ranging possessions we have sought only security for tor ourselves Never have we desired war war certain certain certain- never a conflict with the nation that the lS-the Lai the greatest c purchaser of ot our goods and at the same time the most powerful power power- ful naval factor on the Pacific REMOVES DISTRUST Admiral Kato Kalo declared that the agreement to limit the construction of Offensive or capital ships although Ita it a- a does aes es not totally destroy the tho physical equipment for war at sea does effectively remove from the relations of ot the great treat naval powers the distrust at- at on naval competition This means he said not only economic re relief relief re- re lief from a heavy burden of ot taxation but an even more important spiritual relief Would Would It be voicing too Utopian a a. 1 hope pe to say the benefit of ot the naval agreement will not end with the naval holiday After Arter ten years of lighter taxes and freedom from doubt and from the threat of war the nations may maywell maywell well cyell be ready to say We Ye have got on well and peacefully with these obsolete ships Why build new ones In the matter of ot the Far Eastern problems Baron Kato said that the conference delegations discovered that they were In substantial agreement on justice to China and on her right to de develop de- de Jop her government without outside Interference UTTERS MUTTERS WARNING But there Is a i. i word of ot warning that should be spoken he added The difficulties in China cannot be cleared away in a day In spite of ot the hopes of ot her friends among whom we count ourselves the work to be done is so I vast that the problem of ot It may be with I Ius us for decades But always remember this Chinas China's misfortunes are not I by Japan even though the ef effort effort et- et fort tort has beeh beeb made and will continue to make you believe the contrary Referring to the four tour power Pacific treaty be he remarked that although the geographical c scope of ot the treaty Is limited strictly to the tho area of ot the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- its influence and example for tor peace will embrace the whole world I The frank discussion and the P bUc- bUc ity which have ha distinguished this conference conference con con- con I conI I ference have v ve removed e most n of the Ig Ignorance ignorance ig- ig nc I norance of one n another which IC created ad I distrust It Is already an unqualified success and from my point of ot view we could so describe It If It It had accomplished pUshed nothing besides bringing us ur I Americans and Japanese both so much L closer together |