The Archive · 1938

London Consultations

London, Feb. 2.

'The eventual enforcement of the escalator clause of the 1996 London 'Naval Treaty if the Japanese constructions of battleships and armaments exceed the provisions of the treaty was discussed to-day by' Mr. Herschel Johnson, United States Charge "d'Affaires ere; Captain Wilson, United States Naval Attache; Captain clu Tour, French Naval Attache, and various high officials of the Foreign OMce and the Admiralty.

The results of the talks have been kept secret, but well-informed circles admitted that naval problems in the Far East were examined—Havas.

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

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