Unofficial Assurances and Information on Naval Building May Be Enough to Prevent Race REAR Britain, France and the London, Mar. 4. United States may give up their intention of enforcing the Escalator Clause of the 1936 London Naval Treaty, provided that Jay ipan_gives unofficial information concerning her naval constructions, it was stated in naval circles here to-day. These circles added that the British and French naval experts who are in conference here with American experts, are not convinced by American information on Japan's constructions.
It is understood that Tokyo will be approached shortly and that Japan will give the desired it information within a fortnight.
According to naval circles, the three Power conference proved that application of the Escalator Clause, which provides for the construction of warships exceeding a displacement of 35,000 tons, would involve a complete revision of the naval programmes owing to the subsequent increase in tonnage and armaments of both capital ships and cruisers. This would compel a further increase the already exceedingly high rational defence budgets—Havas,
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