Tuscan, Mar. 2. "Dr. Roland Davison, personal phy-simian of Gen. John J. Pershing, today issued a bulletin stating that the condition of the distinguished patient was "not quite so good as yesterday although there was no evidence pointing td actual retrogression." H "Continued progress,' he said, "cannot be expected as his condition is still serious.—While the kidney function has been re-established, it has not yet been demonstrated that the function has increased to a level sufficient to clear the blood and tissues of poisonous substances which have accumulated.*—United Press.
Tokyo, Mar. 3.
Japan's attitude regarding her refusal to divulge her naval construction programme had not been changed, said the Naval spokesman in an interview with Reuter to-day, when he was questioned on reports to the contrary.
"These reports," added the spokesman, "are without foundation,"
The reports that Japan is building cruisers of 20,000 to 25,000 tons, the spokesman declared, were also groundless.
However, he declined to clarity his statement whether this meant that Japan was not building such cruisers or whether the Japanese Government had not issued information on this matter.
Questioned whether the assertion made by Rear-Admiral Tata Ishimaru, well-known naval critic, on February 28, that Japan must have naval parity with the United States, the spokesman replied that the rear-admiral had long retired and that his views were purely personaL—Reuter.
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