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Show RATIFICATION MOVE I NUT TO BE PUSHED 1 JAPAN WILL NOT MAKE FORMAL jtflBfi MOVE .FOR EXCHANGE BE- HSlS TWEEN U. 8. AND ENGLAND FlHl Triple Action In Advance of Final a IkBb K. by Italy and France Would ISBJ Bring Difficulties, Office JXbVJ Believes fflB Toklo. For th present Japan will IsW not mako any formal movo for ox- 99 chango ot ratifications between hor- fflH self, tho United States and Great BrL I VB tain ot tho naval limitations treaty ( WM stgnod at tho Washington conforenco. BV Tho foreign offlco points out that I BS should tho suggeston tor ths plan bo I H adopted and rntflcntlons exchanged bo- ) JPBJ Iwoen tho threo principal signatories 3H without waiting for formal approval j .jifl by Franco and Italy, it would nocos- 111 sltato amendmont of tho pact, which 9 It Is explained horo, would bo a sor- H Ions matter. j M Japan for tho moment Is resting oa I hor oars, having ratlfiod all the Wash f vi Ington agreements, and she is waiting 1 A for President Harding to fix a data flVJH tor erchango ot ratifications. Tho XI admiralty, however, Is likely to press B tho cabinet to obtain early cobbub- WftH maton ot the treaties for financial ilpB reasons. Ifflwl Slnco receipt ot the Associated LflVl Press dispatch from Washington to PiBftJ tho effect that the admtaiatratlea ifVl thoro would givo serious coasidsra. ArBi tion to any request tor triple ratifka- maVJ lion, tho vernacular pres.i has adopted W Bfl a similar attltudo and Is pointing out ' BB that tho dolay Is subjecting Japaa to BB hoavy oxpense ln maintaining ships 'ifffl which aro destined for tho scrap heap, flal besides postponing her plam for gea- flVJ oral retrenchment 9b1 |