FRANCO-ITALIAN PACT
NAVAL ACCORD IN DANGER. TONNAGE NOW DISPUTED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) LONDON, April 5. The Franco-Italian naval accqrd is in serious danger, says the Paris correspondent of the “Morning Post,” over the question of replacement of obsolete ships which was purposely kept in the background during Mr. A. Henderson’s negotiations with Italy, trusting that it would be regarded as a secondary point which could be settled during the drafting of the text. Mr. Henderson thus secured Italy’s adherence to the treaty, though a. discrepancy remained. It is now revealed that there is about 70,0 GO tons short of the agreement, this being roughly the amount of French replacements. The French delegates say their claim was communicated with Mr. Henderson and that they believed the Italians accepted, whereas the Italian drafters say they had just heard the point for the first time.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 April 1931, Page 5
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