AMERICANS AMAZED
WHAT OFFICIALS THINK
BREAK UP OF CONCLAVE
(Itcccived 28th July, 11 a.m.)
m, , WAS«INGTON, 27th July. I lie belief in official circles that" the, benuva Conference, will break up without reaching an agreement is .sti-en K thonud by Sir Alistc-ii Chamberlain.'s B])(!CP-]|.
Oiiieial.s ,'iri! amazed at the, reported statement of Sir Austen Chamberlain thai, llii! Washington Treat v formula for battleships, which gives crjualilv- in tiie total tonnages, is not. applicable to snuill cruisers. Officials state that, if the British delegation at, Geneva insists on this position at the Conference failure is inevitable.
XI. is declared that parity between Ih
United States and Great Britain can be measured only by the formula of equal tonnage in each class of ships as agreed upon at the Washington Conference and as presented in Mr. Coolidge's invitations to the Geneva Conference.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 24, 28 July 1927, Page 11
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