London, Mar. 18.
Only legal experts of Great Bri tain, Prance, and Italy will partic cipate in the drafting of the' final form of the Franco-Italian naval accord, it was announced at the Foreign Ofce to-day after the conclusion of conversations between Mr. Arthur Henderson, the See-telary of State for Foreign A: airs, and United States Senator Dwight W Morrow.
Neither Japan nor the United States will participate in the drafting of the Franco-[talian agree mani. The task of making the accord, as already reached, into a formal treaty will begin to-morrow.
"When the drafting of the Franco-Italian accord has been completed by the legal experts of France, Italy, and Great Britain it be_submitted to the Govern-the United States and Sapa the Foreign Effie statement said. "But before it is_submitted to' Washington and Tokyo there will be a consultation regard, ing it with the various Dominions.'
At the Foreign Office it was also revealed that Mr. Henderson has exhaustively discussed tht. Franco-Tealinn naval accord with Mr. Tsuneo Matsudaira, the Japanese Ambassador to the Court "of james.
'Mr. A. V. Alexander, the First! Lord of the' Admiralty,' to-day sai that the Franco-Italian accord will not affect the London Naval Treaty of 1930. His statement and the ab-fence of Japan and. the United States from the drafting committee are regarded as virtually official confirmation that the Franco-Italian naval accord will stand alone as a separate document.
fis learned in' reliable United States sources that America is inclined to agree with the British hopes of reviewing the London Treaty and other naval limitations pacts during the world disarmament Conference which the League of Nations is to convene in Geneva in 1932. The United States, it is said, prefers to negotiate new agreements pon the expiration of those now in "United Press.
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