Speaking ut the re-opening of the Diet to-day, Baron Tanaka, the Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared:
It is' gratifying to note that the relations between Japan and vai ous Treaty Powers are growing in cordiality and the work of the League of Nations, in which this country a8 a member State is heart-fly ce-operating, is making remarkable progress each yea Conference of Is tain'ang the United Statce for the Limitation of naval ayxaments convened at Geneva in June last year at the instance of President Coolidge unfortunately failed to achieve the end it had in view, desi the zealous efforts made' by the Powers concerned.
In participating in the Conference the Japanese Government made it their basic principle to contribute to the security of world peace and to lighten the burdens on peopl without endangering the safety of our national defence.
Our delegates consistently followed this principle ideavourfed to assert our claims on the one and and to harmonize the views of the British and American delegate on the other, I believe that Japan's fair and Just stand towards the question of Armament limitation and her sincere efforts for the promotion of unive sal pence at that memorable international gathering wore fully recognized by the world at large.
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