Word: japanism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Japanese are not always tardy about answering diplomatic notes. Fortnight ago, when Britain, France and the U. S. heard that Japan was building 46,000-ton battleships, these London Treaty signatories, bound morally if not legally by that pact to do so, officially asked Japan if this were true. If true, the treaty powers were free to exceed their 35,000-ton limits...
Last week, eight days before the time limit for a reply had expired, the Japanese Foreign Office proved its mastery of delicate diplomacy. A note was sent to the three powers reiterating Japan's willingness to negotiate "quantitative" arms reduction (to all-round parity), but regretting that no information would be given on current Japanese naval construction. At the same time a most interesting statement was given. It began by saving the Japanese Navy's face by stating that Japan was not concerned with the provisions of a treaty of which she was not a signatory...
Hopper defended the existence of a big navy by saying "it is to keep us out of war when we don't want to go in. You can't keep out of war by being weak. It's cheaper for America to outbuild Japan than to fight...
...other nations were willing to disarm because all they had to do was to tear up blueprints, while we actually scrapped battleships. And now, when it seems likely that Japan is exceeding her quota, we haven't even built up to our treaty limit...
...advent of Anglo-American naval cooperation, Captain Keppler predicted that the combined fleets would easily dominate the seas. "We must remember, however, that the size of a navy isn't the only factor in its effectiveness," he said. "Both Italy and Japan occupy important strategic positions...