LONDON TREATY.
APPROVED WITH FAINT PRAISE. ONE OUTSPOKEN CRITICISM. (Received Tuesday, 9.40 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 18. The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” says that, adopting the philosophy that half a loaf is better than no bread, the Senate ratified the London naval treaty to-day without a dissenting vote and the debate was limited principally to faint praise by its backers. Senator King voiced outspoken objection to the treaty. He held that the agreement would tie the hands “of two nations that desire peace—Britain and the United States. Unless we have Japan, Italy and Germany parties to this treaty, we are placing ourselves and Britain at a disadvantage. The treaty is not founded on a proper recognition of the rights of this country and Britain.”
Senator Robinson, deploring that there ‘‘ were more armed men on earth now than in 1914,” expressed regret that the treaty contained no quantitative limitations. *
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Wairarapa Age, 20 May 1936, Page 5
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