Paris, Jan. 29, Great Britain's intention to invoke the escalator clause of the London Naval Treaty of 1936 "in order to build at Jeast one battleship of more than 40,000 tons in reply to Japan" is confirmed by the London correspondent of the Paris edition of the "New York Herald Tribune.
Furthermore, the correspondent wrote, information received by the Admrially confirms reports that Japan is building or intends to build a war-shin of Between 40,00 and "46.000 ons.
"Great Britain's decision to take similar action," he stated, "is expeetect to be announced in the naval estimates which will be submitted in Parliament towards the end of next month, "It is believed here that the size the two new American dreadnoughts which President Roosevelt requested in his message to Congress yesterday was purposely omitted so that the Jannouncement might be mule sin taneously with the presentation of the aval estimates of Great Britain and United States next United States to match for ship is understood to reached during the recent visit to London of Captain Ingersoll, oficial of the Naval Operations Depart "IN was admitted in official quart to-day that Captain Ingersoll had cone sulted the Admiralty regarding capital ship constructions' with the United States and Great Britain each bulld-
Ing a vessel of over 40,000. tons for every one constructed in Japan.
It was predicted," he concluded, that Tokyo wauld soon grow finan: cially weary of the competition and the balance of naval power in the Pacitle Ocean would ren vain undis= turbed, the future were also discussed.
The Foreign Office was reported to be planning to ask the Canadian Government tw take similar steps, as the two men involved in the aair Domei.
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