America has ratified the Naval Treaty and Great Britain will Presumably complete the same formality before the end of the month. The famous pact has now received withering criticism from expects of nearly all the Powers involved. Even Admirals of such different schools of thought as Lord Jellicoe and Lord Beatty, found common: meeting ground in telling the House of Lords of their fears regarding the depleted cruiser strength of the British Navy, On the other side of the Atlantic and the Pacific other apprehensions were voiced. With all deference to such authoritative opinion, the three countries appear to take the view that the elimination of ecmmetitive building by the United States, Japan and England is a benefit which risk is worth taking, The Governnients have been advised by their own official experts s0 the view may net be far wrong. In any case the ratification of the Treaty has one advantage; it puts a natural end to recriminations which, themselves, were neither dignified nor beneficial to international relations,
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