WORLD’S NAVIES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12865, 20 May 1936, Page 5

WORLD’S NAVIES

BItITAUN I'o EXCEED TrMtY LIMITS. UNITED STATES WON’T OBJECT. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright). (Received May 19, 8.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, May 19 It is .indicated that- tbe State Department will not object to .Britain increasing her destroyer tonnage or shifting tonnage in tlu cruiser classes.. Britain’s formal notificUlion of tier intention to exceed the London Treaty limits was received by mail from London. „ Mr. Cordell Hull has not yet replied to> the note, but the I effing '£>' understood to be that- Britain has a dear and legal right to build more eriusers, .and,.destroyer.? it she believes her position is endangered ( by competitive building. It is assumed hero that technical steps, bringing the escalator clause into operation, will bo taken by Britain . after tho position of tin 'United States and Japan has been officially determined.

TI.S SENATE ADOPTS WITHOUT DISSENT. tU.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright). (Received Mav 19. 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. May 18. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that, adopting tho philosophy that hall a loaf is better than no bread, the Senate ratified tlie London naval treaty today, without a dissenting vote and the debate was limited principally to faint praise by its backers. Senator King voiced outspoken objection to tlie treaty. He hold that the agreement would tie flic handsof the two nations that desire peace— Britain itfnd the United States. He added: “Unless we have Japan. Italy and Germany parties 1o this treaty, we are placing ourselves and Britain at a- disadvantage. The treaty is not founded on a proper recognition of the rights of this country and Britain. Senator Robinson, deploring that I,hero were “more armed men on earth now than in 1914,” expressed regret that the treaty contained no quantitative limitations.