Show QUOTES COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS BY NATIONAL characters OPERATION cooperation CO ESSENTIAL by NORMAN 11 DA DAVIS VIS ambassador at large THE T HE operation cooperation co of japan with the other great naval powers of the world having special interests interests and responsibilities in the pacific and far east Is essential to the maintenance of peace in fact to strive through international co opera tion to preserve peace and lessen tile the burden of armaments Is in the me interest of every power and a worthy mission for any power the loss of so important a power as japan from a general era accord would naturally be deplored but we should not be unduly disturbed by the present apparent deadlock or engage in loose talk of an impending naval race the fleets of the principal naval powers remain strictly limited by the present treaties until january 1 1037 the london treaty has in fact run only two thirds of its course if each people sincerely rules out of its consciousness all thought of aggression and through its actions gives its partners in the treaty system convincing evidence of its pacific purposes then there Is no reason why during the period which remains an accommodation which maintains and even strengthens the sense of security of all cannot become an accomplished fact |