JAPAN’S AIM.
NO FLIRTING WITH SOVIET. WESTERN FRIENDS WANTED. LONDON, April, 8. Laron. Shidehara, the Japanese Ambassador to Paris, denies, according to a message from the French capital, that there is any Russo-Japanese agreement other than the recent treaty. He declares that it is absurd and fantastic to say that Japan has contracted a. secret engagement with the (Soviet. This would _be incompatible with the covenant of the Leaguo of Nations, to which Jajan’s loyalty was unshaken. The Matin declares that Japan is aiming at closer relations with the Western nations rather than. a political alliance with Russia. Nevertheless, the similarity in the tone of the Japanese and the French replies to the overtures from Washington regarding a naval conference was only a coincidence. Japan desired a preliminary agreement in principle before the conference, while France had previously reached decisions regarding the needs of her fleet.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 1 May 1925, Page 5
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