Nanking, July 18.
In a virtual ultimatum, delivered to the Nanking Government at 11.30
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The signature of the Anglo-German supplementary naval agreement was announced by this evenings papers here with heavy headlines and di cussed at length, It is pointed out that Germany had already restricted her building programme quantitatively by the London naval agreement of 1935. Now, however, she has also accepted qualitative limitations with regard to sizes and classes. Germany is the only country that has submitted to this double form of restriction of naval armaments, this being one more proof of her desire to live amicably with her neighbours.
"Berliner Tageblatt" writes in this connection: "Germany has by this treaty furnished unmistakeable proof that she is not constructing her navy for offensive purposes and that she does not desire to see any naval armament race. This is, moreover, confirmed by the fact that Germany the sole world power that has bound herself quantitatively.—The quantitative strength of the German navy depends on Britain who alone sets the pace,"
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