U S. AND BRITAIN

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1929, Page 5

U S. AND BRITAIN

IMPORTANT MOVES.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

(Received this day at 11.25, a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 14.

The New York “World’s” Washington correspondent states rapid inter: national moves centering round (the impending agreement between the United States and Britain to achieve naval parity brought the, following developments and disclosures to-day. Japan will demand at the five-pow’er conference, expected in December, to increase their cruiser strength to a ten-ten-seven ratio and Britain and the United States will' probably approve. < ;

The conference may be. called under the League auspice,s in which event it would be held at Geneva instead of London, and it is believed that Italy anti France will prefer this question of parity between Italy and France with the latter frowning upon Italian aspirations for an equivalent navy will be one of the most important in the discussions.

A further limitation in capital ships, following the trend of Washington Conference seems assured. The entire field of Anglo-American relations is expected to be, the subject of MacDonaldHoover conversations.