Tokyo, Aug. 18.
'The Privy Council's "examination committee" began formal considera~ tion of the London Naval Treaty to-day, when a meeting was held at, the Imperial Palac 'The session, it is un srstood, was largely devoted to shaping' the agen The function of the committee in regard to the process of ratification corresponds with that of the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate.
'The chairman of the committees Count Miyoji, Ito, is unfriendly towards the Treaty and the Government, while the other eight members are about equally divided between the foes and' friends of the pact—Reuter.
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