The Archive · 1927

The Limitation Conference

British Delegates' Attitude Unanimously Approved by the Cabinet: Still Fear that Rupture May Lead to Failure: Japan Pessimistic London, July 22.

The Cabinet to-day held the Jongest sitting they have had since the days of the coal. stoppage, to consider the problem arising from the Geneva Naval Conference, and only. broke up because several of the Ministers had week-end engage-more directly concerned will meet the week-end and next possibility to avoid a rupture of the Conference.

The New York correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" stat>s that the British Ambassador, Sir} Esme Howard, declined to comment tonga report from Lonron that he had been instructed to protest to the United States Government against misrepresentation in the American press of the British attitude at the Ceneva Conference Later.

\Reoter learns authoritatively night that Mr. Bridgeman and Lord Robert Cecil gave a full explanation of the position in regard to the Naval Conference at to-day's: meet ing' of the Cabinet and were assured of the full and unanimous approval ut the Government of the line they had taken, They will return almost immediately to Geneva, after probably having further consultations with experts in London.

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