The Archive · 1934

Washington Treaty

London, May 3.

The Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Antony Eden, asked if the Government intended to give notice before December 31, 1984, to terminate the Washington limitation of armaments treaty of 1922, said was not at present the intention of the Government to take steps with a view to the termination of—that. treaty.—Wireless through Reuter. against negotiations within the geo-Jgraphical scope suggested by Britain.

'The reaction in Canada to Japanese competition is that Japan is stealing Canadian trade with the Colonies, Particularly In respect of "rubber footwear, in which Canada was Pioneer. "The "opinion is. held' Canada' that united action by the British Empire would form' the nucleus of an international movement.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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