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Show HIM JAPAN KTIDUCE ! ARMAMENT Defeat of Measure !n House by No Means Ends De termination TOKIO. Feb. it (By the Associated Vrvs,. Defeat of Yukio Oxaki's res-olutfon, res-olutfon, proposing curtailment of naval ftrmnmrnts, tn the" house of Teprewtn tatives here, does not end the campaign cam-paign against military and naval expansion ex-pansion and in favor of mora construe tive work at horn, according to newi-paper newi-paper comment on the situation. The A an hi Hhlmbun of Osaka declares that M. Osiiki'n suggestion was "timely," while the Yoml-lrin Khlmbun of this rlty assert a an agreement between the powers to limit armaments is obligatory obliga-tory to save Japan from "eventual j bankruptcy." j Although It t was not ejrpected that the resolution would be adopted, and ' some of his friends advised him against Insi-nting upon a vote because rejection muid liksly as m.e.isras.e r nbpad, M. Oz&kl requested a division , of the house. In an address he warned his countrymen that curtailment of urrramont was coming upon the heels of the league of nation, which he wh convinced won upon a solid footing. foot-ing. 'If naval expansion. he declared, "is nlmnd at Amerira, It Is ridiculous and futile, as an examination of the relative rela-tive strengths of Japan and the I'nlted States will demonstrate. Japan should take the Initiative In restricting armaments arma-ments and not follow the example of (Jermany which proved that expansion of armaments results In the growth of socialism and communism." |