ARMAMENTS

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 23, 21 October 1921, Page 5

ARMAMENTS

BASED ON BARE NECESSITY FOR SAFETY

ADMIRAL KATO’S VIEW

By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright New York, October I'9.

The first contingent of the Japanese armament delegation has arrived. Admiral Kato, in a statement, said that it might be Utopian to hope that the objectives of the conference would be the absolute prevention of war, but great strides in that direction were possible through its agencies. Every effort should ■be made to make it impossible for a nation to resort to arms for the advancement of its ambitions. Japan, the United States, and Britain were facing each other across the Atlantic and Pacific, and should use the natural advantages of their island domains and possessions and ocean highways not for the purpose of hostilities, but for tho advancement of free communications and interchange of the fruits of civilisation. All armaments should be based on the bare' necessity for safety only. The ultimate success of the conference would be assured if this principle could be thoroughly digested by the various nations. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPAN ACCEPTS AGENDA (Rec. October 20, 10.25 p.m.) Washington, October 19. Japan, in a final communication to the State Department relative to the Armament Conference agenda, accented the subjects without change. It is known that one Government has made a suggestion regarding an addition, but its nature is not determinable. The United States is pleased at Japan’s attitude, as it expected Tokio to recommend reservations. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.