11 was intended that the RE Hon, W. €. Bridgeman, First Lord of the Adimivalty and head of the: British Delegation to the Geneva Tripact Conference, "and Viscount Geel should leave for Geneva to-day, hence the postponement of their d farture haw revived the talk of the pesnbiity of a deadlock at the Con.
The stumbling-block is the word] "parity" and its implications. "The United States wishes to. put, most her cruiser strength into 10006 toe ships while Great Britain wants to" put hers into lighter craters, not exceeding 7,500 tons, which ave Most suitable for the protection Her commerce.
Great Butin desires an ogre. ment specifying the actual: number ships while the United "States Snsitis "un defining the" maxima the numbers in each case cruisers without. specifying
The prolonged consultations which axe taking place in London show The importance the British Govern sent attaches. t0 exhavsing ever)
He remarked further that no country in the world was in a similar position to Great Britain in this respect, namely, that at any given time we had food material only sufficient to enable our population to subsist for seven weeks, What would happen to these islands, he continued, if through lack: of Sufficient naval protection the: population was inadequately provid-with food—he did not care for fighting vessels, but merely for the class or cruiser that ministered to supporting the life of the vital arteries of the nation. That, and that alone, was what concerned him and his colleagues in considering the situation that had arisen at the Geneva Conference, Statement on ish Proposals July. 27, In the House of Commons to-day, the Secretary for Foreign Sir Austen Chamber was improper at this stage make detailed explanation of the British proposals made at Geneva ar to comment on the proposals of the other Posrers, but lo desired to remove a misunderstanding. which, not corrected, would impede all Prospects of success.
The British Government, the Foreign Secretary went on, bad even
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