NAVAL ARMAMENTS

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 12 April 1929, Page 5

NAVAL ARMAMENTS

ANOTHER CONFERENCE.

DESIRED BY UNITED STATES. AN OFFER TO BRITAIN. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copy right.) (Australian Press Association.) NEW YORK, April 10. Washington has sent the following important despatch, says the "W asliington correspondent of the ‘‘New York Times,” relative to armament limitations: “Substantial hope exists that another conference on naval limitations will eventuate in the near future. “This much may be said at least: The Hoover administration will be willing to meet the British Government half way in any overture designed to reconvene the tripartite conference of 192 V. “It is now clear the United States is willing to consider arrangements that will permit of limitation by types of cruisers and their displacement anci armaments and avoid the controversy over the free building of any types of cruisers within the total tonnage set forth for the general category of the ships.” The despatch states that m order to overcome the obstacle of the possibility of any nation’s obtaining an advantage in fighting strength “it may be necessary "that the British Government adopt the" principle that there never will be war between the two nations. It may be stated while such, a suggestion may be scoffed at in British naval circles the United States will be willing to offer encouraging reasons for its acceptance. The message further adds the United States would agree that no professional men should serve as delegates to the conference, the problem being more political than technical, and that as a preliminary to such a conference there should be prolonged exchanges between the two Governments to insure success. Hope is expressed that th e Geneva preparatory conference may offer an opportunity for the experts of the /two nations to'initiate a movement for the conference. PREPARATORY CONFERENCE AT GENEVA. TWENTY-FOUR NATIONS TO BE REPRESENTED. (jiutetl Cress Association — By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (•'Times” Cables.) LONDON, April 11. Twenty-four nations will be represented at the session of the preparatory disarmament conference which opens at Geneva on Monday. They will include the United States, Turkey and Russia, which .do not belong to tne League of Nations. The Ambassador to Belgium, Air Libson and Admiral Jones will represent the'United States. M. Latvmoff is acting for the foreign commissar of Russia. Lord Cushendun will represent Britain.