WAR SCARE OF 1921
EFFECT OF ARMS CONFERENCE,
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(Received 7th December, 10 a.m.) ' jj ; WASHINGTON, 6th December! ■ Seeking to minimise the 1921 walj scai-o used to support the defence ialj ' the trial of A. B. Pall and E. I* 1 Doheny on a charge of conspiracy, Mr* i Owen Roberts, Government counsel/! cross-examining Admiral Eobisony ex-.: ; .tracted an admission that during aegotiation of the Pearl Harbour (Hawaii)' and Elk Hills contracts the Washing- j ton Arms Conference was signing its j Limitation Pact and drawing up a Paci- ; fie peace accord. Admiral RobisoaT also admitted that the Pearl Harbour, ' tanks, which Doheny was to construct i for "patriotic reasons," could not J have been completed before 1924. ' ! It also transpired that Doheny wag "-I the only citizen asked to make a bid. '' The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Cur. ' tis D. Wilbur, is expected to testify ; shortly. , '
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 137, 7 December 1926, Page 9
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150WAR SCARE OF 1921 Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 137, 7 December 1926, Page 9
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