1938-01-21 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 21, 1938.

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JAPAN'S NAVAL BUILDING Official Spokesman Demands Complete Trust

OLAIMS

POLICY OF

NON-MENACE

AND

NON-AGGRESSION

Tokyo, To-day.

"If third powers are taking the Sino-Japanese hos- tilities as a pretext to build additional warships, it is purely due to misconstruction and distor- tion of the situation,” declared Rear-Admiral Noda, spokesman of the Navy Ministry when

DEATH OF FORMER AMBASSADOR

Paris, To-day.

Count de Fleuriau, former French Ambassador to Britain, died at Ismailia on Wednesday evening following an operation.- Reuter.

interviewed yesterday concerning Japan's SUN YAT SEN

naval plans.

Japan, he added, was seeking only peace in the

Far East and throughout the rest of the world. UNIVERSITY TO

Questioned concerning the allegation that the Jap-

anese navy might be responsible for starting CHANGE HOME

Canton, Do-day.

WAR IN

CHINA UNITES RIVAL TONGS

The war in China has brought about"a peace between two bitterly opposed Chinese tongs famous ́Chinese secret societies.

Uniting under the symbol of a unicorn, depicted by a multi-colour- ed dragon-like head-piece carried through the streets of New York's Chinatown, members of the On Loong and Hip Sing tongs have tak en part in a joint parade here.

The parade was part of & pro- gramme, to raise funds for Chinese refugees in the war with the Ja- panese ele

the race in tonnages and gun calibres, he re- plied that judging from express reports, the United States programme, as well as that of Soviet Russia, might be taken as initiating the versity and the affiliated Middle pathy. In it lay a doll, symbolic of

School will remove to Loting coun- the infant sufferers of the conflict. naval race.

ty, on the West River, according Before the parade was over the to a decision by the authorities. stretcher was heavy with coins toss-

Removal will be made during ed into it by on-lookers. the coming holidays, classes" open- ing in Loting next term.

A Chinese Boy Scout band took part playing martial music of the Shekpai, present site of Western hemisphere. In the rear the University, is considered un-came their elders wearing native safe as it is frequently bombed by costumes and beating cymbala and Japanese planes.-Reuter.

gongs.

A little stretcher carried by tod- The National Sun Yat-sen Uni-dling youngsters excited much sym-

Rear-Admiral Noda declined to panese occupation of Nanking, answer all questions concerning "owing to military necessity." Japan's capital ships programme. This prohibition, he added, was The strictest secrecy, he said, likely to continue for some time.- was always maintained regard-Reuter. ing Japanese naval construction plans, and he was not acquainted with them.

The Japanese navy, how- ever, he added, adhered to

the

policy of

non-menace

and non-aggression.

Tokyo, To-day.

Admiral Noda, Chief of the Naval

Information Department, address- ing foreign correspondents yester- day declared that the Japanese view of the execution of naval construction SHOULD BE TRUSTED

plans announced by. Great Britain and America as well as of naval Replying to the suggestion that armament plans of Soviet Russia Japan's secrecy in this connec-

was that these decisive abandon- tion was in itself a menace to third powers, whose building fixed by Treaty were accordingly ments of naval strengths hitherto programmes are published be- forehand, the spokesman agreed equivalent to the beginning of that secrecy might cause uneasi- ness to outsiders, but added: DENIALS SUPERFLUOUS "We insist that our policy of Regarding rumours of Japan's non-menace and non-aggression alleged plan to build 46,000-ton should be trusted."

Asked whether Japan's China he was not informed of the Japan- battleships, Admiral Noda said that

policy was one of non-menace and non-aggression, Rear

ese naval construction plans hence Admiral Noda said: "This policy is

he could not take responsibility for the keynote of

an official denial. But there were our entire military preparations.

so many rumours now in circula-

new naval armaments race.

"Even the present China affair tions to build monster battleships was undertaken as a necessary step that denials were superfluous. to establish peace in the Far East.” Admiral Noda, in conclusion, em-

NAVAL CONFERENCE

phasised that Japan now as here- tofore was ready to take part in Questioned concerning Japan's a new Naval Conference provided attitude towards a possible navallthe well-known Japanese demands conference, he pointed out that the for quantitative disarmament of a Navy Minister, Admiral Yonai, had

common maximum limit in naval already declared in the Diet that Japan was always ready to partici-ject of negotiations.-Trans-Ocean.

strengths would be made the sub- pate in a naval conference “if Ja- pan's just attitude is accepted ”

The Rear-Admiral revealed that in view of the international character of the Panay and Lady. bird Incidents, contrary to all Japanese Service precedents, the disciplinary action taken communicated to Britain and the United States, "so far as neces¬ sary," with a

was

blish anythi fequest not to pu«|

LITTLE ENTENTE FINISHED?

-

Prague, To-day.

"The Little Entente between on the subject. Prague, Belgrade and Bucharest The spokesman said that Japan has, to all practical purposes, would not be invited to opening of ceased to exist," declared the the Singapore naval base, and he leader of the Rumanian Right Was unable to! say, at present, Wing Party, the Iron Guard, M. where the nearest Japanese war-Codreanu, yesterday. ships should be at the time of the M. Codreanu stated that the for- celebrations.

eign policy of the Little Entente was connected in a dangerous man- Rear-Admiral Noda agreed that ner" with Left Wing® tendencies, no merchant vessels of third powers and is “dominated by certain large | had gone up the Yangtse since Ja-l powers. Trans-Ocean.

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