The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-29
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RATIO CORRECT
Expert Reveal No Mistake In Nay
al Calculations. Conference Adopts
Resolution, And All Approve Date
Except The Japanese ENJOYS.

WASHINGTON. Nov 29.-American na-
val experts of the conference on limi-
tation of armament and Far Eastern
questions have presented TO the Jap
anese and British officers detailed an
swerS to questions presented last week
as Ia the American naval reduction
program.
The full membership of The trrlnf-
cal commission of the conference WIS
not in session.
The eNt'iiSive examination of f.
ureS of all three powers as f" rNi~;-
ing naval strength of each country
has not resulted in any change - the
original figures in Secretary If state
Hughes proposal. 1t was said au-
thoritatively no mistakes in caIcua-
ton had been revealed during discus.
sion ty the experts.
Tho data submitted by the -Am"ri-
can group had to do, it was under
stood. with questions asked by the
japanese as to the exact meaning of
certain paragraphs of the American
reduction plan The specific nature
of the points involved was not reveal
ed. II is known, however. the Ameri-
can experts feel they have been able
tn shew there exists no reason to
change any of the tonnage estimates
for the three powerSsupOn which the
American plan was based and it IS
assumed that during the week pos
Sfhly in Il matter of hours. the naval
reduction problem will he formally
e., r
Assurances the American calcula-
ton as TO existing Japanese naval
strength has been found to be accu-
rate in the American view lends adj
ditional weight to the repeated decla-
ration the American delegates will
stand firmly for the '5-5-3" ratio pro-
posed for limitation of naval cOnstruc
ton at the end of the ten-year-holi-
day period. II would also indicate the
improhabiljty the American delegates
would a@rae to retention by Japan Of
the hattleShip MutSu. although no def !
mite statement in this regard has been
made by any member Of the dele@a
ton
\ resolution declaring for tHIin-
nuiShment of foreign pOstoffice priv
lcgcs in ChiTA was adopted by the
nine powers sitting as Il committee on
Pacific and Far Eastern questions.
TIL" resolution provides that the
foreign postal agencies shall be aban-
doned on a date to he finally agreed
unan later and on condition that the
Chinese government shall maintain an
deficient Chinese postal service
A provision IS also Moulded under
which the Chinese customs authorities
will be permitted tn examine postal |
matter passing through the foreign
postal agencies III order to determine
whether dutiahle or contraband goods
are coming into the country through
postal channels.
The latter provision is understood |
to have been included as a result of
charges by Chinese authorities that |
opium had been sent into China !
through the foreign postal systems in
direct violation of China's anti-opium |
law
While the date for abandoning the |
foreign postal systems in China has i
not been finally decided. all the pow
ers represented, except Japan, agreed
to January 1, 1923. The Japanese
representatives asked for time to hear
from their government.
The japanese delegates. it was said,
did not object TO January 1, 1923, as
the date, but felt that they did not
have the authority to agree tn that |
date without referring the matter to
Toxic The conference delegates G.
pect the Japanese government to give
its consent. IT is believed that the |
Japanese delegates soon will receive |
formal sanction from the government !
for agreement on the date proposed.
The suggestion of January l, 1929
was said to have come from the Amer
lean delegation.