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Show .villi him, apparently in formal 'arewell. Dignity disappeared durir.g the ligning, the newspapermen of 30 lations suiging forward and cran-r.g cran-r.g their necks to peer over the ;igners' shoulders. ' The plenary session adjourned at 1:18 p. m., ending the 1930 naval conference. The Americans will itart home tonight. three-power limitation, it regulates the navies of the three greatest I se:i powers, and is the first compre- hensive nuval limitation treaty in history, covering warships of every class. It was the culmination of the five-power conference began with high hopes 92 days ago, on Jan. 21. The final plenary session of the conference and (he signing of the treaty took place in the dingy magnificence mag-nificence of Queen Anne's drawing room of the palace. Although one of the most important import-ant international treaties of a generation gen-eration was being signed, only a handful of spectators gathered outside out-side the palace in the warm sunshine sun-shine to watch the delegates arrive. In addition to Stimson and Dawes, the treaty was signed by the plher American delegates, Secretary Secre-tary Charles F. Adams, Senator Joseph Jo-seph T. Robinson and Senator David A. Reed. After Briand signed, Stimson walked around the table, chatted and shook hands Great Britain Relinquishes Supremacy of Seas By Agreeing To Parity With v II. S.; Warships Covered. WASHINGTON, April 22 (UP) President Hoover an-1 pounced today that the naval! limitation agreement nego- tiatcd in London woulcl be presented to the senate for ratification immediately upon return of the American delegation. dele-gation. ST. JAMES PALACE, LONDON. April 22. (II. H) The London naval treaty of 193C, in which Great Brit-tain Brit-tain formally relinquishes supremacy suprem-acy of the seas whj.'h she ruled for so long, was signed today. Absolute Purity The treaty recognizes oosclule parity between the navies of Brit-tain Brit-tain and the United Stales; limits the navies of Britain, the United Slates and Japan until 1936; imposes im-poses a battleship-building holiday on the five chief sea powers; humanizes hu-manizes submarine warfare and limits the size and armaments of submarines. The treaty was signed by Great Brittain, the United States, Japan, France and Italy. The latter two however, did not participate'ln the limitations sections, having been imable to agree on their quarrel over parity. , Although the treaty achieves only |