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Show NOT TO BE PUSHED JAPAN WILL NOT MAKE FORMAL, i MOVE FOR EXCHANGE BETWEEN BE-TWEEN U. S. AND ENGLAND Triple Action in Advance of Final O-K. O-K. by Italy and France Would Bring Difficulties, Office Believes Tokio. For lb present Japan will-not will-not make any formal move for ex-change ex-change of ratifications between herself, her-self, the 1'niied Slates and Great Britain Bri-tain of the naval limitations treaty signed at the Washington conference.. The foreign office points out that should the suggoston for ths plan bo adopted and ral fixations exchanged between be-tween the three principal signatories without waiting for formal approval by France and Italy, it would necessitate neces-sitate amendment of the pact, which, it is explained here, would be a ser-' ser-' ions matter. Japan for the moment is resting on her oars, having ratified all tho Washington Wash-ington agreements, and she is waiting for president Harding to fix a datei for ex-change of ratifications. The admiralty, however, is likely to press. Ihe cabinet to obtain early cousum-maton cousum-maton of the treaties for financial, reasons. Since receipt of the Associated Press dispatch from Washington to the effect that the administration there would give serious consideration considera-tion to any request for triple ratification, ratifica-tion, the vernacular press has adopted-, a similar attitude and is pointing out that the delay is subjecting Japan to-heay to-heay expense in maintaining ships, which are destined for the scran heap, besides postponing her plan) for gen- v ',-eral ',-eral retrenchment. |