The Archive · 1937

Navy on Gun Limits Issues

Admiral Yonai Says Race in Building Unlikely Tokyo, June 19.

Japan's attitude towards the prom posal to limit the calibre of guns on. feapital-ships was decided when Japan withdrew from the London Naval Conference, declared "Admiral HYonal, the Navy Minister, in a press Interview to-day, "The Japanese Navy, ho said, be~ eved that naval disarmament would. not be Fealized by a limitation of the fealibre of guns of capital ships with-faut also limiting Use global tonnage of battleships.

'Admiral Yonai added ho did nob believe naval. race was already fon among the Powers and therefore saw no reason to modify the third jraval' replenishment plan, which enters its second year in 1098—

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