Despite the reported opinion of 'United States Government officials that Great Britain and the United rather than Japan, are' the which should seek an Increase Denunciation Demanded Tokyo, Aug. 14, Admiral Suetsugu, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined. Fleet and the stormy petrel of Japar Navy Vice-Admiral S. Takahashi, Commander of the Second Squ dron, and all other commanding officers of the combined fleet Urged Admiral 2", Osum), the Navy Minister, to denounce the Washington "Naval Treaty December 31 when the latter pected the fleet yesterday. They Pledged their full support it t 'Minister acted in accordance with hele' wishes—Reuter, of naval ratios, Japanese leaders continue to insist that the Japanese demand for the naval parity is absolutely right and proper.
Interviewing press reporters to-d 'a spokesman of the Navy Ministry: declared that Japan's building of warships to the maximum extent under the Washington and London Naval ts is necessary in order to perfect national defence, while the United States and Great Britain do not build ships up to the allowed extent. because itis not necessary.
The spokesman pointed out that the opinion of the American officials to tthe effect that both Great Britain and the United States are to attack Japan owing to the latter's geographical remoteness was wrong, since naval power has a high degree of mobility. He then pointed out as an instance the Baltic Fleet during the Rusto-Japanese War in 1904-5.—United Press
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