NAVAL ACCORD IN DANGER
RE PLACEMENT DIFFIC ULT Y
DISPARITY IN TONNAGES
FRANCO-ITALIAN DEADLOCK
DRAFTING OF THE TREATY
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.
Rec. 8.30 p.m. London, April 5. The Franco-Italian naval accord is in serious danger, says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Post, over the question of replacement of obsolete ships which was purposely kept in the background during Mr. A. Henderson’s negotiations with Italy, trusting that it would be 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 a discrepancy remained. It is now revealed that there is about 70,000 tons short of the agreement, this being roughly the amount of French replacements. The French delegates say their claim was communicated to Mr. Henderson and that they believed the Italians accepted, whereas the Italian drafters say they had just heard the point for the first time.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1931, Page 7
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