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IvAVAL TREAT r
•SCRAPPING OF BATTLESHIPS.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT CHANGES
TlEiranian Press Association—CopjriShts
WA-SHIK^TOX:
Friday. — Eacli
nation concerned m the naval ti-eat.v
wants t6 retam some of the taattleshijjs
destined for sci-appins. the British
for trainlnfr: the Lnited
States
for airplane carriers, Japan for "turret
practic-e, and Franco and
Iiali
for gunnery practice.
Some poinu>
on this has teen referred back for a
possible compromise
lo
allow the
wild ins of airiilane
carriers
the
Silme size as the ships now wanted
to .be retained.
.It Is iwLnted out thar the French
Government change
is unlikelv
lo
have any effect on the Washington
conference, inasmuch as most points
under 'discussioa have received
the
approval of the French
Parliament,
when they passed the vote of confidence
in
Briand on his return. It
is" understood that the
treaty wiU
have a map attached,
defining the
area in.'which status quo as regards
fditifications is to be observed, the
international date
hue
being the
eastern^ boundary. - the equator the
Kouthern- and the 30tU parallel the
fiorthern.
This will eliminate
the
Aleutian Xshuiils. ITawaii. the Mid
wav Islands, but will
include . the
Bonin and Osliima Islands, on whic-h
Japan has alreadv erected fortifications
The Japanese, however, are
perfectly wUling to
abandon
the
operations of both, in view, of the
£aet thatihotii the British and Ameri
Can delegates favor the above..boun
daries
' They are
onlv ^iwaitws
confirmation from "Tokio
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