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BATTLESHIP CONSTRUCTION. NEW YORK, April 15. Britain and the United States disagree over the extent of “escalation" to be resorted to in battleship construction, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. Britain is apprehensive concerning possible European programmes and wants to hold the size of battleships to a fixed limit, preferring a maximum of 42,000 tons and 16-inch guns. The United States, because of the uncertainty regarding Japanese plans, does not want at the present time to commit herself to any limit. If Japan as is reported, is building cruisers of 16,000 to 18,000 tons, such construction would be offset in the field of capital ships. No “escalation” would be required in the field of cruisers.
NAVAL RACE GERMANY MAY ENTER. BERLIN, April 15. A hint that Germany may enter the naval race is contained in Field-Mar-shal Goering’s National Zeitung, which says the British-German Naval Treaty does not regulate the size of ships. Thus Germany is free immediately to construct 42,000-ton battleships if Britain begins.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 90, 18 April 1938, Page 7
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