Tokyo, August 8
The Armament Investigation [Committee of the Navy Ministry is considering plans for full parity for Japan with the United States land Bi in naval aeronautical strength, according to the vernacular papers, and when the plans have [been completed a memorandum to this effect will, it is added, be pre~ sented to the " Disarmament Conference of the League of Nations when it meets in February next year, It is alleged that the present naval strength of 70 per cent established by the London naval treaty is insufficient to meet both the Joffensive and defensive needs of been and is zed In regard to aircraft and the recent crossing of the Pacific by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty and the Habarovsk-Tokyo hop of Pangborn Jand Herndon, regarded as decreas-jing to some' extent the defensive value of the Navy. Should other trans-Pacific crossings be done, say naval correspondents value will be considerably reduced. The 70 per cent ratio will, then, they declare, useless for Japan' and other de. offensive measures. will have to be [devised to meet the new situation, Conferences are now being held twice a week at the Japanese Admiralty to discuss details of [projected programme, these con ferences being attended by the Naval General Staff, the Army [General Staff, the Supreme War Council and others.
Under the London treaty, the JAmeriean Navy is limited to 1,123, {600 tons, the British to 1,181,450 Jand the Japanse to 714,120, give tonnage ratio of 10 to 10.2 to JArticle 23 of the Treaty says less the High Contracting Pay-ties should agree otherwise by reason of a more general agreement Hizniting naval armaments to which they all become parties, they shall meet in conference in 1935 to frame new treaty to replace and carry purposes of the present treaty, it being understood that none of the provisions of the present treaty shall prejudice the Jattitude of any of the contracting parties at the conference agreed \eained noteworthy success in regular lair-transport work, Phenomenal success has attended the. "operation of the. combined Inational and international airline of
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