RIGHT OF TRADE
“WITH WHOM AND WHERE WE WISH”
U.S. ADMIRAL’S VIEW By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Rec. 9.12 a.m. WASHINGTON, Thurs. Rear-Admiral Hilary Jones, retired, who was a delegate to the Geneva Naval Disarmament Conference, told the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives that he hoped that the 1931 Disarmament Conference would remove the necessity of America carrying out its entire 800,000,000dollar naval programme. He added that the reduction of the United States Navy could be made only by agreement among the nations. Admiral Jones urged the protection of America’s sources of steel and rubber as an economic argument for a fleet as large as Great Britain’s. He said: “We have a right to' equal opportunity to carry on trade in all parts of the world with whom and where we wish, without being dictated to by any nation. > Admiral Jones also said that he did not anticipate a conference being held in the near future to take up again the question of the limitation of naval armaments. He vigorously supported the programme providing for 71 ships, and said he believed it would not be the right thing to do to build airship carriers below 10,000 tons without the consent of Britain and Japan.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 269, 3 February 1928, Page 9
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207RIGHT OF TRADE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 269, 3 February 1928, Page 9
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