NAVAL TREATY

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 119, 16 April 1930, Page 9

NAVAL TREATY

WORK OF DRAFTING. GOVERNMENT’S CONSIDERATION. TIME TAKEN UNCERTAIN. , (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright,) (British Official Wireless.) Received April 16, 10.30 a.m. RUGBY, April 15. It is understood that the two committees dealing with the drafting of the Naval Treaty hope to complete their work to-morrow. The document will then be referred to the various Governments concerned, and as it is not certain how long this process will take, especially in the case of Japan, a final Plenary Session may have to be postponed until later than Tuesday of next week. Mr A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Mr H. L. Stimson, head of the American delegation, had a conversation this afternoon, when, it is understood, they discussed the question of a safeguarding clause in the Three-Power Pact and reached an agreement in principle. BROADCAST STATEMENT; (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 15. The head of the American delegation, Mr H. L. Stimson, yesterday broadcast from London to American listeners a statement on the work of + lie Naval Conference. He said that the principal objective had been to extend the principle of limitation by agreement so that it should cover all elements of a fleet and thus complete What had been left undone at Washington and Geneva. So far as the fleets of Britain, Japan and the United States were concerned, that purpose had been achieved. By stopping competition and establishing mutual confidence the conference could speed up the great movement for world peace.