WASHINGTON TREATY.
BRITISH OBLIGATIONS ■ ■ n , ||--n..i < liWt OBSERVED IN LETTER AND SPIRIT. REBUKE TO LOOSE TALKERS. (Reuter.) Received December 1, 9.5 a.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Addressing the Southern Society, the British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, said that Britain was carrying out the terms of* the Washington Treaty, limiting naval armaments. Replying to statements that had been made that England was not adhering to her obligations, the Ambassador said that he attached no importance to such talk, or to criticism based upon it. "In order that you gentlemen who live near the seashore," Sir Esme added, "may not think it necessary for the safety of your families to purchase homes far inland, because 'perfidious Ablion' is secretly breaking her engagements, I will say to-day that the British Government has not received from any of the signatories to the Treaty any protest or observation whatever tending to show that they have the slightest notion that Britain is not carrying out her side according to the letter and spirit. I presume all these Governments cannot have sunk into a condition of coma, nor are they completely indifferent to the interests of the countries they govern, so that it was left to a private citizen to make these alarming disclosures."
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16153, 1 December 1924, Page 5
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