THE NAVAL PACT.
"VICTORY FOR FAIR-PLAY."
ITALIAN MINISTER'S VIEW
(United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) ROME, March 15.
"The Nayal Agreement leaves no victors and no vanquished. It is a victory for fair-play and ooramomVeh.se," declared Senor Grand! (Minister for Foreign Affairs), when addressing the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. The practical effect was to give a relative advantage to Italy in modern ships and to France in over-age ships. The agreement safeguarded the Italian viewpoint while allowing one-third reduction in ItaloFrench building, creating the atmpsphere required for a solution of other prohlems in. the peace of Europe and the \vcrld and pointing the way to reduction in land and air armaments.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 131, 16 March 1931, Page 5
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