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POINTS OF AGREEMENT. f United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, Sept. 4. “The Time’s” correspondent at Geneva states: A trustworthy authority hus disclosed that among the seventeen points on which Mr MacDonald declared that there was AngloAmerican agreement, are the following:— Whole accord will he definitely linked in the Kellogg "Pact. Both countries will assume naval cooperation, not antagonism. . Parity applies to every class of vessel. Naval strength will be reduced, not merely limited. Progressive reduction over a period of years will be etteeted by the nonreplacement of obsolete vessels. The active life of all warships will he prolonged. The “yardstick” will be applied only to cruisers. The total tonnage of destroyers and submarines will be limited. Small police cruisers will not be included in naval strength. The unsettled points are believed to include the question of restricting battleships to a maximum tonnage smaller than that authorised by the Washington Conference; and also the actual reduction of the cruiser tonnage of both countries, this to be reduced to tho maximum of the gun calibre.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1929, Page 5
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176NAVAL REDUCTION Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1929, Page 5
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