CONFERENCE NOW ON IT
ALLOTTING TONNAGE
AGREEMENT SPELLS FINIS
British Official Wireless.
(Received 15th February, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, 14th February.
The London Naval Conference is now closely engaged on its main task, that of determining the tonnage figures to be allotted to the different Powers in various categories of ships for which a skeleton table has been prepared by the experts working under the direction of the First Committee of the Conference. There have been imp6rlanl contributions to the consideration of the problem of supplying these figures in the memoranda published within the past eight days by the American, British, French, and Japanese delegations, and these statements have been undergoing a close scrutiny this week by delegates. It is.recognised that when an agreement has been reached regarding tjhese figures, the work of the Conference will be practically over, for on other outstanding matters good progress is heing made.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 9
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