NAVAL CONFERENCE

Evening Star, Issue 22209, 11 December 1935, Page 10

NAVAL CONFERENCE

QUALITATIVE LIMITATIONS STATEMENTS BY PRINCIPAL DELEGATES Press Assaciation—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON,'December 10. (Received December 11, at 10.20 a.m.) A communique says that the Naval Conference considered questions of procedure and the principal delegates made statements ' concerning qualitative limitations, FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING (British Official Wireless.) i RUGBY, December 10. (Received December’ll,' at 12.35 p.m.) The first'meeting of the first Committee of the Naval Conference took place at Clarence House. After consideration of questions of procedure there was a continuation of the general discussion initiated at 'the plenary meeting. ■ ■ .The United Kingdom delegate made a statement to the committee regarding qualitative and quantitative naval limitation outlined in Part Four of the London Treaty, which relates to the use of submarines aiid the of the Washington and London Treaties. Statements on these issues were also made by the principals of the United States, Japanese, French, and Italian delegations.' The committee then proceeded'to discuss the question of quantitative limitation. The committee, meets, again to-mor-row afternoon. There will be an adjournment of the conference for Christmas from the morning of December 21 to the afternoon of January 2.