NAVAL CONFERENCE
NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT INDICATION OF SECRECY PROHIBITION OF PRESSMEN (United Press Association-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) SINGAPORE, 23rd January. No official statement is available regarding the proceedings on the first day of the naval conference. An indication of tlie intention to maintain secrecy is contained in Admiral Dreyer s prohibition of pressmen aboard the flagship. The conference is continuing. WEAKNESS EMPHASISED BRITAIN IN THE PACIFIC LONDON, 24th January. _ Emphasising the weakness of Britain's naval forces in the Pacific and the bar East, the “Daily Telegraph” in a leader recalls that both the United States and Japan have claimed a free hand after the expiry of the Washington Treaty, which reduced the British Navy to a one-power standard. It adds: “The forward naval policy of America and Japan need not be injurious to the interests of the British Empire, but it is clear the time has come for careful consideration of what is essential at Singapore to the Imperial force.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 25 January 1934, Page 5
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159NAVAL CONFERENCE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 25 January 1934, Page 5
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