Tokyo, May 25.
Owing to the menace of a Russia that is at least semi-antagonistic; because of the chaos that China i: and to the special! Japan occupies in East Asia, further disarmament is regarded here as inopportune.
Oficial Japan has been watching; the proceedings for a new disarm. ment conference at Geneva with the keenest attention, and, thus far, has} been evincing an obvious desire to [throw her weight into those Ecoles jin which Great Britain and the United States have thrown theirs. But, there is still some hesitation. And it is significant and certainly more than accidental, at this juncture, that Italy is seeking to" liza Japan up at Geneva with herself] and France.
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