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Show Japanese Interest in Disarmament Persists TOKIO. Jan. t By the A.soclatM Press. The - poethnlidnjr period ts vrltneasinf a resumption by the press of the disarmament discus. ion. In merclal enran. takes the view that while Great Britain and the United Htatea may not at present be on particularly par-ticularly (rood terms, this condition will not be last Ins; and that cooperation coopera-tion between the two powers will follow. The Toklo Aeahl Shlmhun furnishes a footnote to the discussion by point-Ins; point-Ins; out that the rising- cost of armaments arma-ments necessitates the finding; of new sources of revenue. sasSBSSsaBsanacaBaEsaKBaaKKjBasaeBassaawasai effect nf arousing; American suspicion, and it advisea the foreign office to reconaltlcr Its f rtirtlce of plvoti! its policy on that alliance. "I-rt ua alollah the alliance It arida. "and then talk to America face to fuce. with open mlnda. ' The Jijt Shimpo uraea the reduction reduc-tion of the Japanese army by half, but It claims that the naral plan calling for completion of eight hattlo- lilps and eight cruisers by 1025 wis ftxkQ years ago and Is outside tie "naval ence." In view of the possibility of Japan's Ja-pan's being; drawn Into the race, however. It urges the government to take the lead in advocating the restriction re-striction proposal. njMinBAjPMrnjinsom which consideration of the Anglo-Japanese Anglo-Japanese alliDce plays a prominent part. The Osaka Aaahl Shlmhun has come out in advocacy of the abolition aboli-tion of this alliance as a means of reaching an understanding with the T'nited States. It argues that England's En-gland's postwar policy Is directed toward sin understanding with Amor-Ira, Amor-Ira, Knglajid no longer having need of Japan as an ally and pro-America pro-America nlsra becoming the basis of her policy. The United Htatos may bat reciprocate, the newspaper com-Dieats com-Dieats but. arvr:heirss. Japan, It says, should realise the futility of relying re-lying upon Kngiind. If. Jeftan and KnslePd desire 14 restrict arirainetits. it arrues, lt Is essential that they f'lmlftn'. i rliifince. iii"h rt. r |