The Archive · 1928

THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT

America Expected to Decline to Agree with Proposals London, Sept. 5.

According to the diplomatic eorrespondent of the "Daily Telegraph," the main points of the Anslo-Naval Agreement which, he says, have been allowed to leak out by the French Foreign Office and various] French delegates at Geneva, are as: follows: The numbers of submarines] ed under 600 tons and cruisers not! carrying guns over six-inch calibre be unlimited; and the numbers of maller torpedo-craft and other auxiliary vessels shall also be unlimited.

The "Daily Telegraph" correspon-declares that he is able to state that the United States will flatly: decline to agree to the proposal regard to cruisers and Italy's reply, will also be unfavourable, but Japa will be inclined 10 endorse the Anslo-French proposals—Reuter.

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