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Show JAPAN WON'T GUT; NAVAL STRENGTH With U. S. Left Out, Meeting On Armaments Is Not Highly Regarded. TOKIOi Sepi. I r; i Correspondence of the Associated Pratt,) Japan is not likely to subscribe to the idea th.it ;the n:iul Mtrensth of nations which .ire meftibara of the league of nations, hail he cut down or their increase stouprn m the opinion of the leading dally, the Nichi Nlchl All powers are agreed on that proposition prop-osition on priaclple." observes the Nlchl Nlchl In its political news column. col-umn. But the L'nited States, wheh has the power that propooed curtailment curtail-ment of naval expansion. h:is not as yet Joined the league and she Is fast increasing her nival strength Even if other powers should strictly and faithfully adhere to the principle of reduction, the peace of the world will 'Just the same be menaced bv the pow- crful naval power of America. WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING. ' Thus, the gener.il conference of the I'uKue of nations will not accomplish anyl nlnjr, except that each of the members mem-bers present will search into the heart of nnother" Th first meeting of i lie assembly of the le.ijrue of nations has been called at Geneva for Novem- , ber 15.) The Nlchl Xichl therefore observed' that the Japanese navv would consider con-sider the rjtjesrlon from th peculiarly Japanese point of view regardless of1 , whether any definite program be for- mutated bj the conference to the naval' restriction and regardless of the I attitude of France England. Italj and other powers Already an Investigation Investiga-tion had been conducted In the puv jby such officials oo Hear Admiral U-uho. U-uho. Captain Klyokawa and other members of the investigation committee commit-tee V polic of the Japanese empire has already been decided upon, but I "ow ing to the lack of information as to what attitude EiiKland. France. It-laly It-laly and other countries will be," the nature of the polic was not made public the Nlchl .vlchl cays ru ELDING POLK Y. "But. briefly speaking. the Nichi I Nichi goes on the policy, It may be understood, may be summarized as ! follow h. The eight battleships and eight 'cruisers plan, which had been a long cherished idea, and which was approved ap-proved by the recent session. Is Insufficient Insuf-ficient as the minimum strength to perfect the defense work of the empire em-pire In other words, in case tho powers present in the conference propose pro-pose to limit naval construction on the basis of Its not going beyond the plans now In process of completion, tho Imperial Japanese navy will have to umnitaln that the recent plan ap proved of (the eight and eight unit) (is by no mean- it.- final plan of national na-tional defense Aa was explained at the 4 1st session of th- diet by the navy minister, the empir.; must have ,as the minimum nave, .strength neces-;sary neces-;sary for defense two units of eight battleships and four cruisers" of a lat-lest lat-lest type and of the serviceable age 'that Is about eight years or vounger or thr e units of elpht snips, totalling -4 principal vessels. This plan must ,Lc completed regardless of the time of ompletlon. "If. because America is not a member mem-ber of the league ot nations, the members mem-bers present should consider any action ac-tion mad.- as useless and should content con-tent themselves with simply meeting euch other In a conference, the oni-ptre' oni-ptre' representation may not express th' vlciv of tho empire at all." oo . |