New Britain herald., 1930-04-22
today spoke as follows:

E o'A oNAA"AA VI AAS y opdlC6c utlGSd- ton l wish first of all to thank the chairman most heartily for his splen- did statesmanship, kindlness and forbearance with which he always steered the deliberations of the con- ference and which has been most es- sential in bringing about successful solution of so many complicated questions.
 T thank our foreign colleagues for their earnest, loyal cooperation and for their true friendship. Our thanks further are due to the people of Lon don of whose hospitality we have been fortunate recipients during our stay, and last but not least, to his Brittanic majesty's government for its initiative in calling this conference for it's many courtesies which have so greatly facilitated our labors
 At this juncture I am happy to say that, eager to carry out the noble spirit embodied in the pact of Paris which has established for all time the principle of doing away with war and of realizing the surpassing im- portance of consolidating peaceful and friendly relationships among na- tions by concluding an agreement on limitation and reduction of naval armaments, Japan has done and been only too glad to do all within her power at this conference.
 National Safety Stressed
 Needless to say it is important that in an agreement on disarma- ment the matter of national safety should be taken fully into considera- ton. AS I had several opportunities to state in and out of the confer ence it always has been the policy of the Japanese government to main tain a minimum of naval strength sufficient for defensive purposes and tenancc of general peace in the Far East-a strength that would in no sense arouse apprehensions in the minds of other nations. Such has been and will always be our national attitude. If, there fore, the present treaty were to reg ulate the situation for too many years to Coile, lllc od dpdlicSo pCoPiS might entertain feelings of insecurity as to their national defense.
 But in view of the fact that the present agreement is binding upon the powers concerned for only linn tied duration, until the end of 1886, and the naval strengths to be held by the powers thereafter are to be reconsdered at the next conference, Japan, from her ardent desire to see the cause of peace promoted, and from her conviction that the con- clusion of treaty like the present will naturally strengthen the sense of national safety, and in spirit of accommodation and harmony, has gladly agreed to the present treaty. Not Limited Too Much "Thc Japanese government there fore considers it important that while the naval strength of Japan as now agreed upon, especially in cruisers carrying eight-inch guns, and in to- tai tonnage, in case the right of op- tion is exercised, is not limited beyond the life of the present treaty, It IS explicitly understood among the sig natory powers that it's stipulations will be entirely without prejudice to our attitude at the conference to fol- 1 low. ,.
 "A great and unprecedented thnS | has been accomplished. in that for the first time in human history all important fighting vessels have been placed under restriction. What was sown at Washington has been reaped at London. -o .ra.' t.'-. .- -.
 "There is no doubt but that the present treaty will prove to be an historic and lasting monument on the
 path of peace and human progress
 Embodyins as it does the spirit of
 frank and friendly cooperation So
 admirably demonstrated by the par
 ticipatinG powers it will put an end
 to damaging competition and suspi'
 cion and by reinforcing internationa
 accord and comFadeship, will, l an
 convinced, create favorable atmos'
 nhere in which hereafter all the pow
 CTS may meet to promote furthe'
 the tremendous task of disarma
 ment.'
 MacDonald's Address
 Macdonald in his address brlns'
 ing the barley to close today salu;
 Gentlemen, we have now gone a'
 far as we can at present ana W. have met together this morning tt gather our points of agreement ane
 embody them in a, treaty.
 Compared with Washington ol Geneva we have progressed very far compared with our desires. we ar' still short. This is but another stage and the work will have to b' continued.
 : We must go on attacking prob lems which have baftlcd us. Upol
 one thing we can congratulate our
 selves. Every one who has takel part i'll this conference knows hoy l again and again mistaken Hort ' or awkward handling could hav created troubled situations whicl 5 would not have been allayed speed l lily.
 : Yet we part in spirit of activ r good will, determined to make thi I a beginning and to use every mean 0 which offers itself to make a fiv e power treaty 8 reality.
 Has Done Great Work
 The conference has done = great work. We have secured n three power agreement on a build t ing program. no mean or unimpor l tant achievement, with other point t embodied in the treaty which re ;. peatcdly have deficd solution an e have brought conference after con c ference to nought.
 n On the apparently simple matte t of settling the method by whic
 relative strength of neighbors ma IT be agreed there have been insolu II ble differences of opinion.
 l., That Is gone We have stoppe