Tokyo Denies Alleged Pact with Britain Tokyo, Aug. 22.
The reported conclusion of a new Anglo-Japanese treaty was categorie~ ally denied to-day by a Foreign Office spokesman, who stated that the Feport was absolutely unfounded.
'This spokesman said, however, that it fs true that restoration of' the Anglo-Japanese alliance is. strongly urged in certain quarters in Great Britain and that another political treaty may be considered.seriously following the 1935 Naval Disarmament Conference. Japan cannot at Present accept a British proposal, should one formally be made, ignoring the opinion of the American government, he added.
Japan rather should conclude a Joint political agreement with Brita and the United States in order to Secure world peace, the spokesman declared.
According to authoritative sources, the rumour of an Anglo-Japanese trade treaty was originated by a Bombing Clouds to
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