NAVAL CONFERENCE
THE AMERICAN DELEGATION PERSONNEL ANNOUNCED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright' WASHINGTON, November 19. President Roosevelt announced that the American, delegation to the. Naval Limitations Conference, convened in London for December 6, would be headed by Mr Norman Davis. Other members would be Admiral Standley and the Under-Secretary of State (Mr Phillips. The selection of the lastnamed was something of a surprise,., but it is explained that he will remain in London only a few weeks and then return to Washington and act as liaison agent between the President and the conference delegates. Although the prospects of maintaining the 5-5-3 ratio in the world’s principal navies is considered an almost impossible hope, President Roosevelt was anything but gloomy to-day in announcing the delegation. He declined to reveal any specific course of action at London, but indicated that the chief objective was to maintain the status aw of j&e present treaties,
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Evening Star, Issue 22192, 21 November 1935, Page 10
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149NAVAL CONFERENCE Evening Star, Issue 22192, 21 November 1935, Page 10
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