Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
FARLEY RECESSES
|. UNTIL FEBRUARY e
TO AWAIT FRENCH
Cabinet Crisis Leaves Nation
Without Official Standing
in London.
AMERICANS SUSPEND
PRESS CONFERENCES
Experts to Continue Work Under
Way Despite Halt of Main
Delegates.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 19-The Five
Power Naval Conference today adj
journed until next Wednesday.
The following communique on the
week long recess was issued this after
noon
las a result of consultation between
the heads of all delegations now in Lon
don, it has been decided that the Naval
Conference stand adjourned until We'd
nesday, February 26:: Meanwhile the
experts committee will continue work
upon which it is now engaged"
Conferences Suspended.
The American delegation this morn
ing suspended press conferences tempo
rarily, this action being being Interpreted
unofhcially as indicating the Amer
leans were in favor of briet suspension
Of the conference itself.
Some doubt was expressed whether
the French would approve such sus-
pension since they would have to bear
the blame for the delay, although every
one is cognizant that the present slack
ness is due to the French political
crisis
The French naval experts were pres
ent as observers when the subcommittee
which is discussing special and exempt
vessels assembled at st. James Palace
this morning.
Dino Grand. Italian foreign minister
and delegation head. this morning
circulated Italy's eagerly awaited state
ment of naval policy acknowledgements
to the other delegations. He planned
to give the statement TO the press
later this afternoon.
- Statement Outlined.
In a conference with Secretary Slim
son and Premier Macdonald yesterday
the statement. Italy will be the last Of
the five powers to make formal publi-
cation OF its conference policy.
It was understood that principally the
Italian statement, besides reiterating
the Rome contention for parity with
any other continental power, Jlpholds
the thesis that naval needs are not alb
solute, as France claims, but are rela-
tive, and that no level of tonnage is
too low providing other countries re-
duce proportionally.
While there were some conflicts in
late adviceS from Paris regarding the
political situation there none of the in
formation reaching here today tended
to relieve the gloomy forebodings of
some of the conferees. M. Tardieu,
Poincare and BRAND all were men,
toned as possibly being designated to
head a new government; it was not
believed there would be a material
change IN French policy here no mat
ter who actually is named.
rrepch XVithout Standing
Georges Leagues, French minister of
marine and last of the French delega-
ton here except Ambassador de Fleu-
riau hurried back to Paris yesterday
leaving experts and advisers of the
delegation behind him without any ON
cial standing whatever. Ambassador
Fleuriau formally notified the other
delegations that the work of the French
had been suspended completely.
In the event there Is considerable
delay In forming a new French govern
ment-and private reports received y
one delegation predicted some time
would elapse before a settlements
serious question before the conference
would arise in just what procedure TO
follow.
Chief Delegates Silent.
1t was believed generally that moth
ing could be done without French par
ticipation, but not one of the chief dele
gates would utter even an unofficial
forecast. The experts expected to have
plenty of technical work to occupy
their time, even though the French are
not present, but II was realized that
this cannot proceed for very long.