NAVAL AGREEMENT.

Wairarapa Age, 1 August 1936, Page 5

NAVAL AGREEMENT.

BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN & RUSSIA. COMPLETE SETTLEMENT. POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS. LONDON, July 30. Agreement has been reached on all points in the Anglo-Russian naval discussions. (Informal conversations between representatives of Great Britain and the Soviet Embassy in London for the conclusion of a bilateral agreement to associate the Soviet Union in the execution of the recent Naval Treaty have been proceeding since the middle of May.) OTHER NATIONS ADVISED. STEP TOWARDS EXTENDED ACCORD. (Received Friday, .10.20 p.m.) LONDON, July 31. “The Times” naval correspondent says England and Russia have reached a naval agreement on the lines of the London Treaty. The terms of it have been communicated to France, America, Italy, Germany, Poland and Japan. The understanding should facilitate a similar Anglo-German agreement, for , which negotiations have been progressing for months. It may also remove some of Japan's hesitation in conforming to the new Treaty of London and thus be an important step towards brihging about an agreement among the principal Naval Powers regarding qualitative limitation, thereby easing the burden of armaments throughput the world.