Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-01
NIPPON INSISTS
 SHE MUST Hk..l
 NAVY STRENGTH : OF 70 PER GENT
Deadlock Looms as American And British Delegations
 Support 5-5-3 Ratio
BASIC PLAN ATTACKED
U. s. Looks on Situation With Hope, Confident Serious
 Crisis Can Be Averted

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. -(By the Associated Press.) - Japan's prOpOs- al for a 70 per cent fleet. as neces- sary to her national security. instead Of a 60 per cent fleet. has been form ally presented to the United States and Great Britain Baron Admiral Kato. senior Japanese delegate. has communicated it to Secretary Hughes end A. J. Balfour. It is said in Jap anese quarters to have the full sup port of the Japanese cabinet and the diplomatic advisory council in TokiO.
 American and British naval experts standing together on Secretary Hughes 5-5-3 plan as tfie only one fair to all, regard the Japanese proposal as unacceptable. Tn the opinion of some American delegates. the situa- tion is delicate. but not without hope that the Japanese ultimately will ac- cept the original plan.
 The seriousness of the turn of af- fairs in the opinion of the Americans is that Japan is persisting in her re- quest for a 10-10-7 ratio. makes a stroke at the fundamental idea on which Secretary Hughes proposal Is based
 New Basis Put Forth
 Japan's proposal, it was disclosed. was based on her estimate or neces sity for national security. It was ! pointed out that if consideration Of national security were to be subsri- tuted for continuation of fleets at reduced tonnage but in the same ra- tio as now exists, the whole basis uf hsa
 On the basis of nationa: security. it was said, neither the United states nor Great Britain would agree to the 60 per cent ratio. which the Hughes plan would allow to Japan.
 Secretary Hughes and his th--e cci- leagues spent nearly three hours to- night debating the situation. Baron Kato's action swept away the deliberations of the experts con sidering the American limitation plan. They have had to do only with technical questions of tonnage eSti- mates involved in the American pro posal to limit fleets on the basis of existing relative strength ir caTitai ships. Japan has now taken he mat ter out of that field.
 British experts are in full cord with Americans, that the g. pro posal is the only possible road to an agreement that is fair to all. Iarticu- larly in view of the enormous iiSpro- portion of the sacrifices in ships and money the United States has offered to undertake. The two powers are agreed also that previous efforts of the Japanese to base their claim for 70 per cent on calculation of exist ing strength which would exclude ships under construction are not within the scope of agreement Delegates Are Hopeful On a national security basis. the extent of American and British coast lines as compared to Japan; Ameri- can and British interests and obliga- tions in the Far East. as compared tO Japanese: the commercial enterprises oi American and British citizens over the world as compared to Japanese. would have to be weighed. it was said The comparison. it was added. would not admit of even 60 per cent status for Japan.
 There was a strong feeling in Am erican and British circles that Japan ultimately would accept the Ameri- CCONTTNIrED ON PAGE TlNOl