Show N ESE GOT DOWN battleships ARE IN DISFAVOR WITH VISITING COUNT WHO IS TOURING COUNTRY idea of war between united states and his country Is dismissed As absurd most friendly exists washington abolition of the battleship and restriction of navies on a basis basin of total tonnage was advocated here hy by count I 1 ma a japanese state statesman n who la is visiting ambassador tauner Mat audara count would put tile the maximum tonnage ot of any nation at and allow tile tho construction only of vessels of not more than tons displacement ills his idea colu coincides eldes with tho the suggestion of british naval authorities favoring the elimination of the capital ship but ho he clashes with tile tho british view in proposing that any nation natio il be allowed to construct tho the maxim maximum urn tonnage if it wishes to do so count does not believe that tho the 5 5 3 ratio of at the washing ton arms conference can be preserved indefinitely in the smaller cratt craft every nation lie ho holds has hag the right to build up to the maximum tonnage la in lighter craft for national defense nut but tilo tho real solution lies in mental disarmament rather than phy physical stenli disarmament count said so long as aa the nations think and talk of war limitation of armament although desirable Is not everything when the nations think and talk ot of peace then armaments will reduce themselves talk of war between the united states and japan according to count Is absurd both have tile the same alm aim the maintenance of peace and the development of the far east he said russian aspirations in the par far east ho he asserted are much moro more likely to bring about a conflict but here too he expressed the view that russia and japan would be able to reconcile their purposes while in washington count soyo shima ahlma conferred with secretary of at state Nef kellogg logg the japanese statesman will leave within the next few days tor for new york to sail for england where ills his son is attending oxford university |