Mr. Hirota on Opportunity at Parley with Powers Tokyo, 5. Mar.
The Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, during a meeting of the Budget Committee of the Lower House yesterday afternoon, declared that "It would be highly gratifying if an opportunity presents itself for conversations between the Powers for naval disarmament. Japan would then advocate the total abolition of capital-ships and aircraft-carrie This, however, would not outlaw war, which had been going on since the beginning of history, but he hoped that the abolition of offensive armament—such as capital-ships aba air. craft-carriers—would prevent warfare from becoming "more severe
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