NAVAL CONVERSATIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21937, 22 October 1934, Page 10

NAVAL CONVERSATIONS

MEETING WITH JAPANESE BRITISH CABINET MINISTERS (Received October 21, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Oct. 20 The first of the present series of bilateral naval conversations will open on Tuesday, when the Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, will preside at a meeting of Japanese delegates which other British Cabinet Ministers will attend. This will be Mr. MacDonald's first contact with these preliminary conversations since their suspension. It is felt that opportunity should be taken of hearing a statement of the Japanese attjtude toward the questions under review before resuming the Anglo - American discussions. Both Britain and America will be content to see the "Washington Treaty continued and to have the London agreement, expiring in 1936, replaced by a new one. JAPANESE! REVIEW SHIPS AND SEAPLANES KOBE. Oct. 19 Hiere will be a grand review tomorrow of 180 warships in Osaka Bay in the presence of Princes Fushimi and Takamatsu. More than 100 seaplanes were out to-day. TWO NEW WARSHIPS BUILDING IN ITALY FASCIST ANNIVERSARY (Received October 21, 5.5 p.m.) ROME. Oct. 20 The anniversary of the Fascist march on Rome, which occurs on October 28, will be celebrated by the commence, ment of the building of two capital ships of 35,000 tons.