British Accords with Both Reich and Soviet Pending London, July 1.
Replying to Mr. Arthur Henderson, labour member for the Kingswingford division of Stafford, the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden, announced ju the House of Commons yesterday afternoon that the London Naval Treaty of 1936 would be ratified "at an early date." Naval negotiations with G€rniany" and "the US'S.R., which are expected to result if signed treaties shortly, have held up' Britain's' ratification of the year-old Treaty, recently ratified by both of the other Signatories, France and the United" States.
Authoritative sources believe. the British-German and _British-Soviet treaties; will be signed next.week as the. Soviet. Government has accepted the text of both agreements which do' not. mention any quantitative proportions, between Soviet and German naval, construction allowances, jowing to Russia's claim, for 10,000-ton cruisers. Thectreaties willie ratified by the British and Imperial parliaments as soon as they are signed.
The British Government, it is understood, asked France to ratify the London Treaty first, to facilitate ratification of the bilateral accords, based on clauses of the original Three-power' London agreement,—
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