feb 6, 1938 - "U.S, BRITAIN AND FRANCE CALL ON JAPAN
FOR DATA ON NEW WARSHIPS BY FEB. 20;
WANT 35,00-TON TREATY LIMIT TO STAND"
"DEMAND RESENTED"
"Text of Hull's Note"
"NAVY RACE FEARED"
"CONGRESS TO SEEK POLICY STATEMENT"
"EUROPE WEIGHS U. S. NAVY PLAN"
NY Times 1938, Feb 6
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NY Times 1938, Feb 6 - "U.S, BRITAIN AND FRANCE CALL ON JAPAN FOR DATA ON NEW WARSHIPS BY FEB. 20; WANT 35,00-TON TREATY LIMIT TO STAND"
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"DEMAND RESENTED"
Japan's Foreign Office Tries to Curb Navy's Indignation
Even before the receipt of the American, British and French notes, the Japanese Navy had foreseen that a showdown would be demanded on the matter of naval construction. But yesterday's notes make that demand in a more peremptory manner than Japan has been accustomed to recently.
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"Text of Hull's Note"
TEXT OF U. S. NOTE SENT TO JAPANESE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The text of the State Department's note to the Japanese Government on the question of naval building policy, preceded by the department's explanation of the background behind the demand, follows:
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"NAVY RACE FEARED"
3 Powers Demand Tokyo Make Known Plans on Future Capital Ships
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—A threat of the greatest naval building race in the world's history was presented to Japan today in the form of practically identical notes from the governments of Great Britain, France and the United States.
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"CONGRESS TO SEEK POLICY STATEMENT"
Note to Japan Comes as Climax to Apprehension Over Plans for Increase in Arms
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The demands made of Japan by the United States, Great Britain and France for information concerning her naval building program, it was indicated today, will precipitate increased demands in Congress for an explanation of President Roosevelt's foreign policy objectives.
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"EUROPE WEIGHS U. S. NAVY PLAN"
Increased Armament Seen as a Hindrance To the Policies of Dictatorships
Reactions in Europe this week to the new American naval program and to President Roosevelt's speech accompanying it naturally varied with the divergent views of American influence in the world, which the increased armaments will serve to support.
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