The Archive · 1940

Naval Building Resented

American naval construction plans brought another warning to the United States from the Japanese press yesterday.

"Japan's basic naval policy is non-menace' and. non-aggression," the Tokyo "Nichi Nichi" said. "The mise Treaty with United States if the United States understood the real intentions of Japan, America would change its attitude towards the renewal of the treaty and ce-operate with Japan in the re-establishment of Japanese navy will not permit a foreign fleet to invade Japanese territorial waters, but in its plans there is no provision for trans-Pacific 3 ud "of Chang friendly relations between the two No Time Left for Even Modus Vivendi; Promises countries. fundamentally peaceful programme "If the United States disregards this Of No Discrimination by U.S. Recalled Such a change in attitude, observers and seeks to maintain an unjustifiable declared, would result in not only the superiority over Japan, this country Tokyo, Jan. 13. cen ce a modus ary et obviously would be compelled to INTRANCE to a period of treatyless relations with the United Thus, any possible discriminatory the American menace "C United Presa. also a long-term commercial treaty. strengthen its fleet sufficiently to meet States appeared today to be unavoidable, Japanese political treatment in Japanese. Abe observers tic circles here believed. Some. circles, however, cisimed—Domel. t it was possible to shorten this period by a ge crum.

-American relations by Japan, dispensing witl Negotiations, Impossible Tokyo, Jan. 13. optimism ling the United States' attitude towards Japan.

The present Cabinet crisis in Japan makes the continuance of negotiations with the United States for a modus ited States had Ro intention of starting negotiations sre Aa tre trade pact et toll of the 1911 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation possible and the future of Japanese-He gave assurances, how- American relations rests entirely in the hands of the American Government, the Tokyo "Nichi Nichi" said today. out, Mr. Hull stated be not change in im-

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