DELEGATES DISAPPOINTED AT APPARENT FAILURE OF AGREEMENT ON SUB TONNAGE LIMITATION
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On December 28, 1921, expressions of disappointment came from the American, Italian and Japanese delegations attending the Conference on Limitation of Armaments meeting here in Washington at the "apparent failure of the five powers to reach an agreement on submarine tonnage limitation."
Additionally, Arthur J. Balfour* of Great Britain "regards the French submarine program as 'a very great menace'" to his nation's security.
Mr. Balfour said...
"Never in the history of France has she had to fear the power of Great Britain to strike a blow at her heart....if Britain were unarmed against submarines it is evident that France could destroy her very existence."
*Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) was born in East Lothian, Scotland & educated at the University of Cambridge. AJB served as PM of GB 1902-1905 & as Foreign Secretary 1916-1919.
SOURCE
"France Warned That Britain Finds Threat in Submarines," The New York Tribune, December 29, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
