Washington, Apr. 13.
It is understood that President Hoover and Col. Henry L. Stimson, head of the American delegation to, the London Naval Limitation Conference, do not intend to submit their: Three-Power naval treaty to the Senate for ratification at the present, session.
The treaty, it is expected, will be signed by the delegations in London, representing the United States, Japan and Great Britain, but not including France and Italy, some time during next week.
"Apparently President Hoover and! Colonel Stimson do not desire to Taunch the tripartite pact until after the Congressional elections to. be held in November. Before these. elections, there will te time for bringing''the treaty before the public: in a favourable light and causing many of the new Senators to be elected on platforms pledging adhherence to this pact.
The present session is expected to end about the middle of June.
The short session will begin early in December.
Thus ten months will probably have elapsed before the London agreement is submitted to the Senate.
It is believed that the agreement will be such as to provide for the decommissioning of specified battleships and cruisers, which action is understood not to depend upon formal ratification of the treaty.—United Press.
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