London, Nov. 29.
The Soviets have rejected London's request that they should exceed the 35,000-ton limit in battleship construction only in the Far Eastern Fleet and that they should not apply escalation \to the European Fleet.
Naval experts reporting this recalled that Britain and the United States invoked the Escalator Clause of the London Naval Treaty of 1936 some time ago when France also voiced her intention to build warships of larger than 35,000-tons displacem" if any Ears European nation exceeded that unit.
Soviet Russia then declared her determination to build mammoth war vessels for her Far Eastern Fleet, to meet the "threat" of a Japanese Fleet possessing ships of greater than 35,000 tons, Russia's newly-asserted intent apply the Escalator Clause to hi European Fleet is regarded as a critical move since it is held likely to involve a naval race among the Continental Powers.
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