BRITAIN KEEPS FAITH
GIVES EFFECT TO WASHINGTOW TREATY. REDUCES NAVAL STRENGTH Received May 18, 8.40 p.m. LONDON, May 18. Figures relating to the world's navies issued by the Admiralty, show that Britain has reduced the greatest navy in the world’s history to give effect to the. Washington Treaty. Britain is the only Power that has scrapped all ships promised under the W’ashington Treaty. Since the war she has scrapped 4 4 battleships and battle cruisers, eighty-six cruisers, 286 torpedo boats, and over one hundred submarines. France has not yet ratified the Washington Treaty, and the United States and Japan are holding back until sh« does.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18786, 21 May 1923, Page 5
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105BRITAIN KEEPS FAITH Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18786, 21 May 1923, Page 5
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