NAVAL PARLEYS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21934, 18 October 1934, Page 11

NAVAL PARLEYS

PENDING RESUMPTION DELEGATES IN LONDON British "Wireless RUGBY, Oct. 16 Bilateral naval conversations, to prepare the way for the conference which is to be held next year, are about to be resumed in London. The American delegates, Mr. Norman Davis and RearAdmiral W. H. Staudley, and the Japanese delegate, Rear-Admiral Yamamoto, have arrived in England. These conversations were begun in London on June 18 on the initiative of the British Government, and originally were intended to deal with matters of procedure. More technical matters, such as tonnage and ratios, however, were informally discussed at various meetings until July 16, when it was decided to suspend the talks until this month. The conversations were carried on most fully between British and American and British and French representatives, and it is felt that they have been of real value in clearing the ground. On the part of Japan Mr. Matsudaira, the Japanese Ambassador, had iielpful talks with the British representatives. ' Rear-Admiral Yamamoto will now be associated with Mr. Matsudaira. - • . A French naval expert visited London in July. In the coming autumn it is probable that both French' and Italian representatives will visit London fo? further parleys.