Tokyo, Aug. 14.
The Japanese Government will delay denunciation of the Washington Naval Limitations Agreement until after, the preliminary. discus-slons in October and will meanwhile study the situation carefull ing to "information received high official quarters to-day.
Following a business meeting of the Cabinet Council "to-day, - Mr.
Hirota, Foreign Minister; Ger eral S. Hayashi, Minister of War; and Admiral M, Ohsumi, Minister of Navy, held a private conversation to exchange views on the proposed renunciation of the present conven tion prior to the preliminary talks in October. Admiral Ohsumi snd Ad: miral. Suetsugu, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Imperial Fleet, later discussed the same question, They all agreed, it was reported, that the Government should use ex: treme caution in taking such a drastic step, particularly in view of the serious effect it would "have upon Japanese-American relations,
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