Mr. Vinson revealed his plans to alter the terms of his bill while Gen. Johnson Hagood, veteran Army officer now retired, testified that he fundamentally agreed with the testi-tony recently presented before the Committee by Admiral W. D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Leahy recommended adoption of the Vinson Bill, but informed the Committee that even the 20 per cent. increase in naval strength provided by the bill would not enable the Navy io protect both American shores against simultaneous attack.
Gen. Hagood, however, recommended the appending of a definite naval pelicy\to the bill He alleged that "national defence and security of this is being made a football of Earlier the Committee voted fourteen to two against summoning Mr. Arthur rock, "New York Times" Correspondent, to testify regarding his report that a naval agreement had been reached between the United States and Britain. Mr. Krock indicated his willingness to appear before the Committee but said he vould not reveal the source of his information. His report alleged that the Anglo-American naval agreement "was of the "nod and a wink" type and probably could not even be unearthed by a Congressional investigation—United Press, Japanese naval circles emphasize that it is impossible to give information on the naval building programme, "which "is tantamount to qualitative limitation." They recall that opinion prevailed in certain naval circles that appropriate measures would be taken to dispel the misunderstanding and misgivings abroad regarding the alleged construction of 43,000-ton capital ships, This opinion. they further emphasize, might have taken definite form if only the British, American and French Governments had appealed to Japan's goodwill in seeking information on her naval building programme, "rather than to dis a joint request to Japan at the initiative of a certain Power."
Instead, they assert, the three Powers requested of Japan information on her naval building programme—which she is under no obligation to give—and set a time-limit for her reply The impression given to the Japanese nation was that the three Powers not only demanded qualitative limitation of the Japanese Navy, but also attempted to fix the blame on Japan for naval expansion,
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