(Conditions Vital to U1 ited States Unfulfilled: Types Especially.
Agreement, The "Nichi Nichi" compares America's "brutal straightforwardness with European craftiness," while the."Kokumin" considers that America's apparent insistence on the ratio she proposed at Geneva shows that she i¢ moved by self-interest.
Consequently, the paper casion to emphasize that disinterest. and fai ply" essential if naval disarmament is to Suited to America Limited: New York be achiev—Renter.
Satisfied: Pessimism in Paris Agreement in Principle by Japan i London, Sept. 28 The reply of the United States Government concerning the Anglo-
French Naval Agreement was pre~ ented at the Foreign Otice to-day.
It says that the Anglo-French Neval Agreement appears to fulfil gone of the conditions which, to the American Government, seem vital. It leaves unlimited a very large class, of effective fighting ships and this very fact would inevitably lead to recrudescence of naval competi-ion disastrous to national economy.
The Note adds that it appears the only classes of naval vessels which the Anglo-French Agreement. proposes to limit are cruisers of or below 10,000 tons armed with Guns over six-inch and up to eight tach calibre and submarines over 600 tons. The Government of the United States holds that any naval Jimitation to be effective—should apply to all classes of combatant vensls. Limitation of only such cruisers would be an imposition of restrictions only on types peculiarly twuited to the needs of the United States. "It Ys clearly apparent that Amitation of this type would add enormously tothe comparative offensive power of a nation possess-ting a large merchant tonnage, on which preparation may be made in time of pence for mounting six-inch guns.
The Anierican Note continues:—
"The prevent proposal is even more unweceptable than the propos made by the British delegation at the Three Power Conference." been killed by the reply, as they were bound to be killed' with the passage of time. With an improvement in the atmosphere of the controversy, the paper thinks, a basis of discussion accommodating the requirements both of Great Britain Jand America may be found, but at present, it says, there is clearly no prospect of that,
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