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MAY TAKE PLACE AT PARIS. AN AiMERJ OA N INTERPIMST AT I ON. (LTnitoil I’ress Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 9.50 a-.in. to-day. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. England’s move dn designating Lord Gwslhendun as the foretnost British spokesman on the disarmament question and to sign the Kellogg treaty on behalf of Britain and the lour Doniiinions as l regarded here as a frank bid fen i nitdatiing informal naval disarmament conversations at the Paris conference of Foreign Ministers. « Lord Gushendum has taken tlxe lead among British statesmen in demanding a revision of tiie Washington Treaty xn order to further limit the size and guns of capital ships. He raised the question at the last session of the Preparatory Disarmament Gommii ssion alt Geneva last March, when he issued a statement signifying that England was ready to renew tilie capital ship discussions. Moreover it is known that Mr Kellogg is anxious to get an explanation from Hucland or France regarding the exact meaning of the recently announced Anglo-French naval compromise and lie may seek this explanation at the Taxis meeting.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 10 August 1928, Page 5
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