Tokyo, Mar, 27.
In a note handed this' morning by Mr, Naolake Sato, Foreign Minister, to Sir Robert Clive, British Ambassador, the Japanese' Government today '*rogret{ully" announced its inability to adhere to a Imitation of gun calibres to 14 Inches as provided in the new London Naval Treaty, The communication pointed out that the Japanese Government saw "no Yeason" why it should change Its stand that It could not agree to a ualltalive limitation "of armaments without quantitative limitation, Domei.
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