LONDON NAVAL PACT.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20175, 2 March 1931, Page 9

LONDON NAVAL PACT.

- ' ♦ , —•: AGREEMENT WITH ITALY* DETAILS YET TO BE SETTLED. (ujfiito Jtaaftg aM<JcU*iO»—B* fciCfftio TBtB&BAfH—COrWutJUT,) (Received March Ist, 5.5 p.m.) ROME, February 28. Signor Grandi has issued a statement to the effect that King Victor will receive Mr Arthur Henderson and Mr A. V. Alexander, the' British naval: delegates, this morning, after M'lioh an official communique will be tied in reference to the naval agreement reached in principle. It is understood that Mr Henderson is going to Paris later in the day with a view to a settlement of the details. NEGOTIATIONS AT HOME CONTINUE.

. Cbutisb ovftciu wiazuss.) RUGBY, February 27. Negotiations were continued in Rotte this morning. While the British; fthd Italian Foreign Secretaries, Mr, Henderson and Signor Grandi, Were conferring, Mr A, V. Alexander, Fifst Sea Lord, and Admiral Siriaiini, ivith their respective Experts, were again engaged on the technical aspects of the problem. t Strick privacy marks the conversations, and it is doubtful if at the conclusion of the visit to Rome a detailed announcement will be immediately possible, as any agreement whxoh may be reached must await the acquiescence of the United States and Ja.pan. ' ' The Italian Press adopts an optimistic tone regarding the conversations. As it appears unlikely that the Foreign Secretary, Mr Henderson, will have returned from Rotte in time to attend Parliament on Mottd&y, the! Souse of Commons debate oil the accession of the United Kingdom to it© General Aet. of Settlement of International Disputes has been postponed? by Agreement between the various 1 parties.

FURTHER CONVERSATIONS IN PARIS. (Received March lsfc, 6.6 pim.V PARIS, February 88. Messrs Henderson and Alexander! are due tO*tfiO*fOW They proceed; diMct to the Quai d'.Orsay to confer Witt M> Briand and M.Dutfiohti after which tjiey will go ttt London 6U M6q-, M. Sri&nd told a French.wtftffispfcjldent to^day:' "I hope a •well*eqtiipfed ship will emerge frotfi the yafdofthe discussions." '■ . '• A communique from the British Embassy states that the , Italo-British agreement was reached In principle on the outstanding question Of the IrtMfc. dori Conference, as the restilfc' f tit friendly conversations, and in a splHt of cordial collaboration between Signof Grahdi and Admiral SiH&nM and Me&re Henderson and Aleiandet; The terms Of the proposed agrfeeni6nt hive stilt to be submitted id the Ffettfeh Government, for which purpose Messrs Henderson and Alexander are going to Paris. Should thft Frtnch GovernJapftn, and the British