JAPAN SHOULD BE KEPT IN HER PLACE

Chronicle (Levin), 7 June 1947, Page 5

JAPAN SHOULD BE KEPT IN HER PLACE

■ — m Received Friday, 8.10 p.m. CANBERRA, June 6. Stern restrictive measures on Japan are being demanded by the Australian Government. Australia seeks the permanent prohibition of Japan ownmg naval or military aircraft and a temporary ban on the Japanese manufacture or operation of civil- planes. The Coinmonwealth is also pressing for the total ban of Japanese whaling expeditions to the Antarctic. The Government 's views are con tained in a statement tablod in the House of Representatives ttiis after noon by Dr. Evatt. The whaling restriction is soug'ht because Japan ignores international reg'ulations and because a "Japanese fleot of easily convertible ships niight provide a naval vvar potential. "By no means should Japan be permitted to imitate the example of Ger' .many after World War I and emerge again as a menace, " declared Dr. Evatt. He said Jliat Australia 's view was that an earlv peace settlement should be negotiated. • Australia was' increasingly perturbed by a tendency towards the pieceineal disposal of niatters which should he dealt vvitli as a whole in a peace treaty. ITowever, the Common wealth was not [ircssing for reparations which would ^cripple Japanese economy. An investigation by a speeial conunittee was necessary ato determine wnat capital and other goods should be removed and how reparations should be distributed. • The Coinmonwealth wanted adequate eompensation to each United Nation to cover phvsical losses and personal injuries to servicemen, particularly prisoners of war and civilian intemees. Australia reserved the right to estab lish airlines operating to and from Japan. It was felt that for internal Japanese airlines, a joint international organisation would obviate any eonflict of international mterests.