America and the Naval Conference
ENDEAVOUR TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO United Press Assocui tion.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright Received Wednesday, 9.20 p.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. President Roosevelt announces that the American delegation to tho Navai Limitation Conference convened iu London ou December 0 will bo headed by Mr Norman Davis. Ollier members will be Admiral Standlcy and tho Under-Secretary of Stale, Air Phillips. Thft selection of the last-named is som'etVmg of a surprise. It tu explained that he will remain iu Loudon only a few weeks and return to Washington to aet as liaison agent between the President and the conference delegates. s Although the prospects of maintaining the. 5-5-3 ratio in the world’s principal navies is considered an almost jmpossiblo hope, President Roosevelt was anything but gloomy to-day iu r unouncing tho delegation. He declined to reveal any specific course of action at- London and indicated that the chief objective was to maintain tho status quo of the present treaties.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 275, 21 November 1935, Page 6
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