The Archive · 1934

Father and Mother Present

'A simple country couple, looking worn and old, knelt unnoticed in one of the front benches in the Cathedral, They were the father and mother of the dead Chancellor.

At the conclusion of the service in the Cathedral, the procession followed behind the gun carriage bearing the body of Dr. Dolifuss to the Heltzing cemetery where the dead Chancellor was laid to rest beside the grave of infant daughter who died two years ago and where Dr. Dollfuss laid wreath only last week. The two other children of Dr. Dollfuss, who are still at Riccione, Ttaly, and from Louis Barthou, French Foreign Minister, is expected to initiate an ox-change of views with Italy on naval questions when he visits Signor Benito Mussolini in. Rome.

Tt is felt in Italy that, if the oceanic naval powers agree to fix a smaller limit for capital ships than the 35,000 tons proposed for the new Mahan battle-cruisers, there is 10 reason why Italy and Prance, in concert, should not accept a" smaller "To Prevent Insults"

Tokyo, July 25.

Japanese plans for naval digarmament will be ready for Impesial sane. tion about the middle of September fo that they may be cabled te Loo. don in ime for the Tesumption of the preliminary orme discussions in October, it was learned in Navy 'Japan Will faust on the maintenance" of national defence' establish: ity a trout uficlent to res vent insults to national prestige, but fist foreign oppression and' to pre-

Ty"harmony with national stfeagih Tokyo May Denounce Treaty It was said in naval circles here the Japanese government officials have agreed to denounce the Washington Naval Treaty if the other Powers press Japan to accept continuance of the present ratio system.

Abrogation of the treaty has been advocated by Admiral N. Suetsugu, Commander-in-Chief of "the Combined Fleet, and one of the bitterest critics of the London and Washing-fon agreements, who contends that Jeach Power should be restored the Fight of independence in. choosing the type and number of vessel best suited for its defence needs Limitations. if any, should be set Jupon the total global tonnage, and not upon any specific class of fighting ship. that, so far as he was aware, the only governments who had, up to the present, been actively preventing the supply' of arms to the belliger= ents were the British, United States, Danish, Netherlands and Swiss Gov-

Asked if it were not possible to further and propose an economic boycott, the Foreign Secretary hho thought the practical thing to do was to take advantage of the opportunity now offered to make the embargo they had been working for through Reuter.

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