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FRANCO-ITALIAN PACT u NEW DANGER ARISES LONDON, April G. The Morning Post's Paris correspondent says the Franco-Italian naval accord is in serious danger over flic question of the replacement of obsolete ships which were purposely kept in the background during Mr. Henderson's negotiations with Italy, trusting that it would he regarded as a secondary point, which could be settled during the drafting of the text. Mr. Henderson thus secured Italy's adherence to the treaty, though the discrepancy remained.
It is now revealed that there is about 711,000 tons short in the agreement, this being roughly the amount of the French replacements. French delegates pay that their claim was communicated to Mr. Henderson and they believed 'ltaly accepted it. whereas the Italian drafters say that they have just heard of the point for the first time.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17436, 7 April 1931, Page 7
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137NAVAL REDUCTION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17436, 7 April 1931, Page 7
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