DISARMAMENT
PROPOSALS DISCUSSED IN JAPAN
AMERICA ADVISED TO JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS
By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. Toklo, January 12. The newspapers are discussing the disarmament proposals.
The "Jiji Shimpo” urges the Government not to wait for « lead from other nations, but boldly to make proposals. It says: “ Japan is bound, as a great Power, to exert herself, not only in the interests of the world at large, but in the highest self-interest, for - one-half of her total national expenditure is devoted to armaments." The paper suggests that. the Army should be reduced by one-half, and thereby set an example to the world, and removing the suspicions entertaineU against her. The "Kolrumin Sirimbun-” says America is taking the lead in the movement, while Britain and Japan are silent. If America is anxious over the situation, the best she can do is to join the League of Nations.—“ The Times."
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 94, 14 January 1921, Page 5
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147DISARMAMENT Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 94, 14 January 1921, Page 5
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