Word: minoru
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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From the first, the Japanese delegation saw the futility of discussion under such circumstances; and Admiral Viscount Minoru Saito, Chief Japanese Delegate, accordingly did little more throughout the Parley than to make well-meant efforts to draw the U. S. and British delegations together on some common ground (for example, his idea of a "naval holiday" during which no more ships would be built by any power...
...quoted conveyed last week to readers of the Tokyo news organ Nichi Nichi Shinbun a very clear impression of the situation faced by the Japanese Delegation in Geneva. While the U. S. and Britain "struggled," how could their strife be turned to good account by Japanese Chief Delegate Viscount Minoru Saito? Obviously Admiral Viscount Saito ought to cast his influence on one side or the other-after appropriate bargaining. He chose last week the British side...
Japanese Proposal. Chief Delegate Admiral Viscount Minoru Saito made a very elastic and tentative proposal. His apparent purpose was to keep in the background until Britain and the U. S. showed signs of agreement. His keynote was that the present relative naval strengths of the U. S., Britain and Japan should be established as a permanent status...